Six Murdered in Telangana Village; Alleged Killer Dies by Poisoning
In a quiet farming village near Hyderabad, six people were killed in two houses within an hour on the night of July 10. The alleged killer, Parvathi Raj Kumar, later died by suicide after a 63-hour disappearance, leaving investigators with a trail of unanswered questions.
The victims were 17-year-old Akshara (name changed), her mother Lakshmi (44), her grandmother Rukkamma, and Raj Kumar's wife Saritha (32) and their two young sons, aged 4 and 18 months. Raj Kumar was out on anticipatory bail in a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (PoCSO) Act case involving Akshara.
According to police, Raj Kumar left his home at 10:30 p.m. on July 10 in a hired red car. Over the next hour, he allegedly drove to Akshara's house, killed her mother and grandmother, and took her with him. He returned home at 11:22 p.m., left Akshara in the car, then killed his wife and sons. He then drove to a nearby lake, where he killed Akshara.
Raj Kumar abandoned the car near Thimmapur village, where he was seen on CCTV stepping onto railway tracks before retreating. He then took a bus to L.B. Nagar. Three days later, his body was found 20 km from home beside a bottle of herbicide. Police recovered a bus ticket and ₹1,206 in cash from his body.
Hours before the murders, Raj Kumar recorded a 13-minute video claiming Akshara had pursued him for over a year and that her family later demanded money, threatening to send him to jail. He said he had sold land to pay them. Police are independently verifying these claims.
Medical experts say herbicide poisoning can cause acute kidney failure, among other effects. The suspected herbicide, 'Display', contains active ingredients like carfentrazone-ethyl or quizalofop-p-ethyl.
The case has left villagers questioning whether the killings could have been prevented if Raj Kumar had been arrested after the PoCSO case was registered on May 16, instead of being granted anticipatory bail on June 13. With the sole suspect dead, many questions may never be answered.
