Telangana man kills wife, two sons and teen girl’s family members; six murdered

A 35-year-old man, an accused in a POCSO case, has allegedly murdered his wife and two sons, aged 1 and 4. Then he went to the house of the teen girl (17) who had lodged the case against him and murdered her along with her mother (45) and maternal grandmother (65). He called his father and told him about the murders, adding that he would die by suicide. However, police said that as of now, he is absconding and will be tracked down soon.

Six killed in spree

The shocking incident took place in Telangana’s Ranga Reddy district on Friday (July 10). According to a report in NDTV, the accused, Rajkumar, first killed his wife, Parvathi Saritha (30) and two sons at their Shabad residence on Friday night.

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Then he reached the residence of the girl who had lodged a complaint against him under the POCSO Act on May 16. The accused took the girl in a car to a secluded area and allegedly killed her.

However, the brutalities did not end there. Rajkumar also allegedly murdered the girl’s mother and maternal grandmother. The report further stated that at the time of the murders, her 20-year-old sister, a person with disabilities, was present in the house, but the accused did not attack her.

Call to father after murders

After committing the murders, Rajkumar called his father and told him about his deeds. "He told his father, ‘I have done this. I have murdered these people.' After that, he switched off his phone. He also said he was going to die by suicide, but that has not been confirmed yet,” said senior police officer Tarun Joshi as quoted by NDTV.

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"The accused is currently on the run. Special police teams have been formed, and we have developed leads. He will be apprehended soon," he added.

The relatives of the family who reached Rajkumar’s house said that it seems the children were killed in their sleep, but there were signs of a violent struggle in the room where Parvathi's body was found.

What relatives said

Elaborating further, they said that the doors were shut from the inside and the fan, air-conditioner and cooler were left turned on. They said that there were no major disputes in the family before the murders, and Parvathi spoke normally with relatives the previous evening.

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Rajkumar and Parvathi reportedly had a love marriage in 2018. Initially, they lived outside the village but later settled down in the houses they owned in Shabad and Devalaguda. They had three children, and their first child, a daughter, died in infancy.

Background of POCSO case

Police said Rajkumar was arrested in May after the POCSO case was lodged against him for allegedly stalking and sexually harassing the minor girl.

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"The accused was following the girl from her coaching institute to her house and was pressuring her to accept his proposal,” said Joshi, adding that Rajkumar fled after the case was registered and was later granted secured anticipatory bail from the court as the punishment for the sections invoked was less than seven years.

Investigators said that Rajkumar was granted anticipatory bail on a personal bond of Rs 20,000, about a week before he committed the murders.

Behavioural issues cited

Joshi said that Rajkumar had a history of behavioural issues."We called him two or three times for counselling. His family members have stated that his mental condition was not stable. He also had a gambling habit and had accumulated loans earlier," he added.