A parallel investigation found the bodies of two children near a bridge in Nizamabad who were related to the deceased women, the police said.
Published Dec 19, 2023 | 11:56 AM ⚊ Updated Dec 19, 2023 | 11:56 AM
Family of four found murdered in Telangana. (Creative Commons)
Four members of a family, including two children, were found murdered and the parents are missing, the Telangana police said, on Monday, 18 December.
Though reports claimed that six members of a single family were murdered over a property dispute, the police said that they were still investigating the matter, as the murders of four people were found “linked”. The exact motive is not yet known, the police added.
The police said that they began the probe after an unidentified woman’s body in burnt condition was recovered under the Sadashivanagar police station limits in Kamareddy district on 14 December. A murder case was registered and two suspects were picked up.
Meanwhile, the police found the body of another with burn injuries in Medak district. Both victims were later identified as sisters.
A parallel investigation found the bodies of two children near a bridge in Nizamabad district who were related to the deceased women, the police said.
A senior police official told PTI that they are working based on some clues.
“We took up the investigation after a woman’s burnt body was found in Kamareddy district on 14 December. There were three other murder cases — one in Medak and two in Nizamabad districts reported recently and we are investigating. We are trying to see if there is a common motive. After collecting more details, we can say something conclusively,” the official said.
Some relatives of the deceased said that the whereabouts of the parents of the two children were not known and suspected that they were murdered, too. They said that the house was found locked in the Kamareddy district.
“We came to know about the murders on Monday from the police. There was some property dispute after the father of the children transferred the property to the name of a friend who refused to return it. This might have led to the murders,” the relatives said.
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