{"id":2776,"date":"2026-07-18T05:03:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T05:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=2776"},"modified":"2026-07-18T05:03:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T05:03:26","slug":"womans-kin-bring-body-to-boyfriends-house-seek-wedding-before-cremation-in-prakasam-district-vijayawada-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=2776","title":{"rendered":"Woman\u2019s kin bring body to boyfriend\u2019s house, seek wedding before cremation in Prakasam district | Vijayawada News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132472976,imgsize-92027,width-400,height-225,resizemode-75\/-.jpg\" alt=\"'Tie nuptial knot to her body': How techie's suicide case turned into demand for posthumous marriage\" title=\"Keerthi, a native of Kondrupadu village in Prathipadu mandal of Guntur district, met Sai Sumanth, a resident of Ponduru, through social media.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Keerthi, a native of Kondrupadu village in Prathipadu mandal of Guntur district, met Sai Sumanth, a resident of Ponduru, through social media.\">Keerthi, a native of Kondrupadu village in Prathipadu mandal of Guntur district, met Sai Sumanth, a resident of Ponduru, through social media.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>VIJAYWADA: Tension prevailed for some time at Ponduru village in Tanguturu mandal of Prakasam district after the parents and family members of Addagalla Keerthi (24), who died by suicide following an alleged love failure, brought her body to the residence of her boyfriend, Sai Sumanth.<!-- --> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>They demanded that he tie the nuptial knot to her body before her final rites were performed in the village.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>Keerthi, a native of Kondrupadu village in Prathipadu mandal of Guntur district, met Sai Sumanth, a resident of Ponduru, through social media, and the two had been in a relationship for the past eight years. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>On July 14, Keerthi allegedly died by suicide by hanging herself in her PG hostel room in Mumbai after Sai reportedly refused to marry her.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>According to the Tanguturu police, Keerthi\u2019s family members claimed that before taking the extreme step, she had expressed her last wish to have her body cremated in her boyfriend Sai Sumanth\u2019s native village of Ponduru.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>The police said that Keerthi\u2019s parents and relatives arrived in Ponduru with her body directly from Mumbai on Thursday, demanding that Sai tie the nuptial knot to her body and allow them to perform her last rites in the village, in accordance with her alleged final wish.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>\u201cA scuffle broke out between the family members of Keerthi and Sai as Sai, who is employed as a hardware engineer in Qatar, was not present at his residence in Ponduru. Keerthi\u2019s family members staged a dharna in front of the house with her body, demanding that Sai return and tie the knot. After Sai\u2019s family members agreed to allow her last rites to be performed in Ponduru, Keerthi\u2019s family members finally conducted the cremation in the village,\u201d Tanguturu SI Phani Bhushan told TOI.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>The SI said a case had been registered by the Mumbai police in connection with Keerthi\u2019s death by suicide.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/vijayawada\/womans-kin-bring-body-to-boyfriends-house-seek-wedding-before-cremation-in-prakasam-district\/articleshow\/132467534.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keerthi, a native of Kondrupadu village in Prathipadu mandal of Guntur district, met Sai Sumanth, a resident of Ponduru, through social media. 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