Published Aug 19, 2026 | 5:22 PM ⚊ Updated Aug 19, 2026 | 5:22 PM
Kallu Roopa Reddy was stabbed 27 times on her abdomen and left hand.
Synopsis: Telangana police have arrested three people, including two Class 10 students, for the murder of Kallu Roopa Reddy, a 50-year-old school principal who was found stabbed to death at her home in Kondamallepally, Nalgonda district. Police said she was stabbed 27 times. They suspect that more than ₹2 lakh was stolen from the house and are examining whether robbery was the motive.
Telangana police have arrested three people, including two Class 10 students, for the murder of a school principal in Kondamallepally in Nalgonda district, days after she was found stabbed to death inside her home.
The victim, 50-year-old Kallu Roopa Reddy, was the principal of Nagarjuna Grammar Concept School in Kondamallepally. Two of the accused were Class 10 students at the same school.
Police said Roopa Reddy was stabbed 27 times. The three accused allegedly continued attending school after the murder without arousing suspicion.
Investigators suspect that more than ₹2 lakh in cash was stolen from the house and are examining whether robbery was the motive.
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Roopa Reddy lived at the family’s house in JB Colony, while her husband, Rajendar Reddy, and their son stayed in Hyderabad. She would join them there during holidays.
The family had travelled together to Chirala beach in Andhra Pradesh in the first week of August and returned to Hyderabad on 7 August. On 11 August, Roopa Reddy travelled back to Kondamallepally by bus from Byramalguda.
The next morning, when he could not reach her by phone, Rajendar Reddy went to the JB Colony house at around 8.30 am and found her lying in a pool of blood near the pooja room, with stab wounds on her abdomen and left hand.
Her son, Kallu Abhinav Reddy, returned shortly afterwards and filed a complaint. Kondamallepally police registered a case under Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
After questioning more than 80 people, investigators traced three boys from two hamlets in Kondamallepally mandal and detained them near Ibrahimpatnam.
(With inputs from Sreshta Ladegaam)
