Days after going on ‘murder spree’, POCSO accused found dead in Telangana village
The man on Friday night allegedly killed a 16-year-old girl he was accused of stalking, her mother and grandmother, as well as his own wife and two sons.
A 35-year-old man who allegedly killed six persons, including a teenage girl whom he was accused of stalking in Telangana’s Ranga Reddy district, was found dead in a village about 25 km from his home.
The man, who had been booked in a POCSO case, on Friday night allegedly killed the 16-year-old girl he was accused of stalking, her mother and grandmother, as well as his own wife and two sons.
After the POCSO case was registered in May, the man had gone into hiding and applied for anticipatory bail, which was granted and he was released on personal bond in June.
Friday night’s killings took place in a town and the man’s native village, both of which are just a few kilometres away from Hyderabad. A manhunt had been underway to locate him, police said.
“His body was found near his uncle’s place of residence. There was a poison or herbicide bottle next to the body. We have sent the bottle for sampling and have sent the body for postmortem,” a senior police officer told The Indian Express. Police also found a video on the accused’s phone in which he was purportedly seen saying that he was “fed up” of “everything” and that he would take his own life. The video was 2.26 minutes long, police said.
A forensic report is expected soon, the officer said.
According to the Telangana Police, the man drove 6 km from his village on Friday at around 10.45 pm to the home of the girl whose family had filed a POCSO complaint against him for allegedly stalking her. Police said he knocked on the door, and when the girl’s mother opened the door, he allegedly attacked her with a knife, killing her on the spot. He then entered the house and allegedly killed the girl’s 60-year-old grandmother, who was asleep.
Police said he forced the teenager into his car and drove to a lake in his village. The only person he left unharmed was the girl’s sister.
The man then headed to his own home. Around 11.20 pm, he allegedly slit the throats of his 31-year-old wife and their two sons, aged four and 18 months.
After the killings, he called his father and allegedly confessed to the crime. He then fled the village in his car, police said. Police reached the spot and sent the bodies for postmortem examination.
A police officer said, however, that the timeline of events suggests that the girl was killed last. “He took the girl to his village and left her in the car, and later had an argument with his wife, who was at home. He killed his wife and sons and went back to the car to kill the girl,” the officer said.
The accused then fled the scene in the car and abandoned it near a railway track. “We found some bus tickets in his pocket. He is likely to have travelled to a place which he is familiar with, his uncles’ residence, and appears to have died by suicide,” the officer added. The place where the body was found was about seven kilometres away from where the car was found.
Ranga Reddy police officials maintained that the reason for killing the six persons cannot be ascertained now that the man himself has died. “The case will be on an action awaited status now,” an officer said.
A 35-year-old man who allegedly killed six persons, including a teenage girl whom he was accused of stalking in Telangana’s Ranga Reddy district, was found dead in a village about 25 km from his home.
The man, who had been booked in a POCSO case, on Friday night allegedly killed the 16-year-old girl he was accused of stalking, her mother and grandmother, as well as his own wife and two sons.
After the POCSO case was registered in May, the man had gone into hiding and applied for anticipatory bail, which was granted and he was released on personal bond in June.
Friday night’s killings took place in a town and the man’s native village, both of which are just a few kilometres away from Hyderabad. A manhunt had been underway to locate him, police said.
“His body was found near his uncle’s place of residence. There was a poison or herbicide bottle next to the body. We have sent the bottle for sampling and have sent the body for postmortem,” a senior police officer told The Indian Express. Police also found a video on the accused’s phone in which he was purportedly seen saying that he was “fed up” of “everything” and that he would take his own life. The video was 2.26 minutes long, police said.
A forensic report is expected soon, the officer said.
According to the Telangana Police, the man drove 6 km from his village on Friday at around 10.45 pm to the home of the girl whose family had filed a POCSO complaint against him for allegedly stalking her. Police said he knocked on the door, and when the girl’s mother opened the door, he allegedly attacked her with a knife, killing her on the spot. He then entered the house and allegedly killed the girl’s 60-year-old grandmother, who was asleep.
Police said he forced the teenager into his car and drove to a lake in his village. The only person he left unharmed was the girl’s sister.
The man then headed to his own home. Around 11.20 pm, he allegedly slit the throats of his 31-year-old wife and their two sons, aged four and 18 months.
After the killings, he called his father and allegedly confessed to the crime. He then fled the village in his car, police said. Police reached the spot and sent the bodies for postmortem examination.
A police officer said, however, that the timeline of events suggests that the girl was killed last. “He took the girl to his village and left her in the car, and later had an argument with his wife, who was at home. He killed his wife and sons and went back to the car to kill the girl,” the officer said.
The accused then fled the scene in the car and abandoned it near a railway track. “We found some bus tickets in his pocket. He is likely to have travelled to a place which he is familiar with, his uncles’ residence, and appears to have died by suicide,” the officer added. The place where the body was found was about seven kilometres away from where the car was found.
Ranga Reddy police officials maintained that the reason for killing the six persons cannot be ascertained now that the man himself has died. “The case will be on an action awaited status now,” an officer said.
