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 spending.
The sufferer, Kallu Roopa Reddy, the principal and director of Nagarjuna Public Faculty in Kondamallepally, was discovered lifeless with 27 stab wounds at her residence in Kondamallepally 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 lifeless.
The police then fashioned 5 groups and examined CCTV footage, forensic proof, fingerprints, technical information and the actions of suspects and questioned over 80 individuals.
‘Babu’ Phrase Led To College students
The investigators obtained a lead after they discovered that Rupa Reddy used the phrase ‘babu’ throughout a name along with her aunt earlier than the telephone was switched off.
“The final phrase recorded throughout her dialog was ‘Babu’. We investigated who she may have been referring to, and this led us in the direction of the varsity college 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 have been spending some huge cash in the previous couple of days and throwing events.
The 2 college students have been then detained on Wednesday morning, and through interrogation, they confessed that they murdered Rupa Reddy as per a plan, Pawar mentioned.
Principal Had Pulled Up Accused
The officer mentioned the accused had beforehand been reprimanded by Rupa Reddy after money and a cell phone have been discovered of their hostel luggage.
She knowledgeable their dad and mom, they usually have been shifted from the hostel to day-scholar standing.
Police suspect this may increasingly have contributed to resentment in opposition to the principal.
Purchased Gloves To Disguise Identification
The accused deliberate the theft for 5 days and performed a recce of her dwelling. They purchased a knife and in addition 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, carrying a monkey cap and gloves. He discovered Rs 2.50 lakh stored within the bed room and began fleeing. The monkey cap, nonetheless, 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. Additionally they 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 have been recovered from the accused.
The 2 accused had additionally searched a video-sharing platform for earn cash shortly earlier than executing their plan.
