It’s a three-room tiled house, actually an extension of a construction made a generation ago.
On the fateful day of April 11, as Vattipally Padma Reddy was not well, his parents Mohan Reddy and Jayamma took him to a hospital at Siddipet.
His wife Vattipalli Nagamani (35) and daughter Sravya and son Narender were at home. Nagamani asked the children to to go out and buy something to eat.
She then hanged herself.
Left in the lurch
The family was solely dependent on Nagamani as Mohan Reddy and Jayamma are aged and Padma Reddy is differently-abled. It has been left in the lurch after Nagamani ended her life.
The family has about nine acres of land. Due to crop loss, its debts touched about Rs. 4 lakh. Unable to bear the pressure from the debtors, Nagamani committed suicide, according to Mohan Reddy.
The family was not ready to speak about its financial problems openly. It rejected the financial assistance extended by A. Revanth Reddy, on April 19, when he came to the village.
The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) had held a dharna saying he should not enter the village.
“We were promised by local leaders that help would reach us from the government. We do not want any help from you. Thank you for coming here and consoling us,” was what the family told Mr. Reddy after meeting him outside the village. But the family is still waiting for the ‘promised’ help.
