A 24-year-old woman was found dead at her grandmother’s residence in Telangana’s Medchal-Malkajgiri district, about 25 km from Hyderabad, on Friday morning, nearly a month after a 24-year-old man allegedly injected his own HIV-positive blood into her for refusing to marry him, police said.
The accused, who happens to be the victim’s close relative, was arrested on March 15 by the police and is currently in jail on remand.
According to police, the woman had been in depression ever since the accused injected HIV-positive blood into her on March 11, and she took to the extreme step on Friday morning, when she was alone.
The police, who initially booked a case under Section 109 (attempt to murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, against the accused, would alter the case, adding Section 306 (abetment to suicide), police said.
