Nalgonda Homicide Case: Telangana Pupil Stabbed Principal 27 Occasions. How A ‘Babu’ Word Busted Him

Hyderabad:

The police in Telangana’s Nalgonda have cracked the sensational homicide case of a 48-year-old faculty principal and arrested two college students who allegedly deliberate the crime for cash and lavish life-style.

The sufferer, Kallu Roopa Reddy, the principal and director of Nagarjuna Public School in Kondamallepally, was discovered useless with 27 stab wounds at her residence on the morning of August 12. Her physique was recovered when her husband, who was away in Hyderabad, knowledgeable neighbours that she was not responding to his telephone calls. The neighbours alerted the police, who discovered her useless.

The police then fashioned 5 groups and examined CCTV footage, forensic proof, fingerprints, technical knowledge and the actions of suspects and questioned over 80 individuals.

‘Babu’ Word Led To Students

The investigators bought a lead after they discovered that Rupa Reddy used the phrase ‘babu’ throughout a name together with her aunt earlier than the telephone was switched off. 

“The last word recorded during her conversation was ‘Babu’. We investigated who she could have been referring to, and this led us towards the school students,” senior police officer Sharath Chandra Pawar advised reporters on Wednesday.

The investigators then questioned college students individually and zeroed in on 5 class 10 college students who remained absent from faculty. They discovered that two of them had been spending some huge cash in the previous couple of days and throwing events.

The two college students had been then detained on Wednesday morning, and through interrogation, they confessed that they murdered Rupa Reddy as per a plan, Pawar stated.

Principal Had Pulled Up Accused

The officer stated the accused had beforehand been reprimanded by Rupa Reddy after money and a cell phone had been discovered of their hostel luggage.

She knowledgeable their dad and mom, they usually had been shifted from the hostel to day-scholar standing.

Police suspect this will have contributed to resentment in opposition to the principal.

Bought Gloves To Hide Identity

The accused deliberate the theft for 5 days and carried out a recce of her residence. They purchased a knife and likewise bought gloves to cover their identities, leaving investigators with restricted bodily proof initially.

On the day of the homicide, one of many college students entered the home, sporting a monkey cap and gloves. He discovered Rs 2.50 lakh saved within the bed room and began fleeing.

The monkey cap, nevertheless, slipped, and Roopa Reddy recognised him. Fearing that she would determine them, he stabbed her 27 occasions with a knife.

After the homicide, the accused took money and tried to hide proof by burying blood-stained clothes and the monkey cap. They additionally reportedly went on a visit to Goa.

Rs 1.54 lakh money, together with some forex notes with blood stains, an iPhone bought by the accused and Rupa Reddy’s telephone had been recovered from the accused.

The two accused had additionally searched a video-sharing platform for the best way to earn cash shortly earlier than executing their plan.