Veerath Bharati was making good money at work.
By Sreekanth A. Nair
Veerath Bharathi, the first woman cab driver of Bengaluru, was found dead at her rented house in Nagashetty Halli area of the city on Monday, reportedly being depressed of being single.
Her landlord Shankar Singh found her body at around 7.30 pm on Monday. She hanged herself from the ceiling of a room.
“Around 7.15 pm, her neighbors informed me that she has hanged herself. Her room was not locked. We informed the police immediately,†Shankar Singh told Hindustan Times.
According to reports, Bharathi, 39, was depressed of being single and had plans to go back to her hometown in Andhra Pradesh.
“A couple of days ago, she told me that she was frustrated being single…Otherwise, she had no financial problems and was paying a rent of Rs 6,500,†Singh said.
The police have registered a case of unnatural death and started an investigation. No suicide letter has been recovered from her house. But the case is being treated as a suicide. He taxi cab was found near her home.
“It appears to be a case of suicide, as the victim’s (V. Bharathi) body was found hanging by a cloth-like rope from the ceiling of a room by her landlord on Monday night,” police officer Prakash told news agency IANS.
“The landlord went to the third floor of his house where Bharathi was staying in the rented portion to check her whereabouts as he did not see her again since Sunday night and found her body hanging through the room’s window and alerted us,” he added.
Hailing from Singarayakonda town in Andhra Pradesh’s Prakasam district, Bharathi moved to Bengaluru in 2005. Initially, she worked with an NGO Sangama in Bengaluru. In 2013, she started working with app-based cab service Uber. Her entry into the cab driving had made headlines as being the first woman cab driver of the tech city.
“We are shocked and saddened to learn of the tragic death of Bharathi Veerath. Bharathi was a positive person and one of our top women driver partners. She was an inspiration to many driver partners and riders. Our thoughts are with her family,†said a Uber spokesperson.