Chennai techie promises aunt 'surprise', jumps off 9th floor

Chennai, July 3: A 27-year-old IT worker, who was upset about her family arranging a match for her reportedly jumped off the ninth floor of her office in Chennai on Monday.

R Priyanka, who hails from Andhra Pradesh had been engaged last month.

CCTV footage from the building at Thoraipakkam shows Priyanka jumping around 4.45 pm. Her colleagues called the police.

Before she jumped, she reportedly called her aunt in Andhra Pradesh and cryptically said she was going to surprise everyone.

"We've not recovered any suicide note. Personal reasons appear to have driven her. We would further investigate after the post mortem. We are yet to check her computer," NDTV quoted a police officer saying.

Police said no suicide note was discovered and investigation was on.