Hyderabad, Apr 5 (PTI) A 51-year-old Income Tax official allegedly died by suicide by jumping from CGO towers in Kavadiguda here on Saturday, upset over her health issues, police said.

The woman, who was working as Income Tax Inspector, was suffering from poor health for the past two years and was undergoing treatment, they said. After learning about her health issue, she went into depression, they said based on the complaint of her daughter.

The woman went to her office on Saturday, though it was a closed holiday. She went up to the eighth floor and jumped from a window and died on the spot, police said.

The complainant suspected that her mother took the extreme step due to depression caused by her health issues.

Based on the complaint, a case was registered. PTI VVK GDK VVK ROH

Suicide investigation opened after Income Tax official reportedly died by suicide amid prolonged health-related depression; police registered a case. Death of an Income Tax official by suicide is reported, attributed to prolonged health-related depression after she attended her office on a closed holiday and jumped from an upper-floor window. The complainant (her daughter) linked the act to two years of poor health and depression. Police took the daughter's statement and initiated formal proceedings; a case registered based on that complaint and an investigation into the circumstances is ongoing.