Nellore: A software engineer Suresh Reddy (30) on Monday shot dead a woman techie Kavya Reddy (24), at Tatiparti village in Podalakuru mandal of Nellore district for not accepting his proposal to marry.  After killing Kavya the assailant also killed himself with the same weapon.

According to Nellore SP Vijay Kumar both were software engineers and had earlier worked together at an IT company in Bangalore. Suresh Reddy was presently employed with a firm in Bangalore while Kavya was working for a company in Pune. Both were working from home since Covid-19 pandemic broke out. Suresh Reddy barged into Kavya’s house. When her sister came in the way, he pushed her aside and opened two rounds from his revolver at Kavya. She escaped the first round but the second bullet pierced through her head. Neighbours tried to shift her to a hospital but she succumbed on the way.

Nellore’s Superintendent of Police Vijay Kumar told reporters that it was a one-sided love. Suresh Reddy had been pestering her to reciprocate by making phone calls and sending messages. Last month, Suresh Reddy had also sent her parents to Kavya’s house with the marriage proposal. However, the girl’s parents rejected the proposal as she did not want to marry him.

Police seized the weapon and two mobile phones of Suresh Reddy and began investigation. Made in the USA is inscribed on the gun. We are trying to find out from where he procured the weapon, said SP.