Hyderabad Man Allegedly Murders Two Young Sons Over Dispute with Ex-Wife

Mangalore Today News Network

Hyderabad, Oct 07, 2014: Vittal, 9, and his younger brother Nanda, 5, went out with their father on Saturday. They did not return. The police suspect that their father AR Guruprasad, an assistant professor, killed the two young boys before committing suicide.

Guruprasad and the boys’ mother Suhasini had divorced in 2013 and the father had weekly visiting rights. On Saturday morning, the 44-year-old picked up Vittal, a class four student and Nanda, who was in upper kindergarten, from their home.

When they did not return by evening, Suhasini called on Gurumurthy’s cell phone to ask when he would bring the boys back home. The phone was answered by the police, who informed Suhasini that Gurumurthy had been run over by a train in James street. They said they suspected suicide.

But they had no news about the boys. The  police said a suicide note they found later at Gurumurthy’s home in Alwal too had no mention of the boys. But on his phone, they said, they found an unsent SMS that said he had murdered the boys and buried them on his land in Medchal.

As they launched a search for the children, the police said they learnt that in the afternoon on Saturday, Gurumurthy had come to Suhasini, without the boys, and had asked her to get back with him. She reportedly refused.

The bodies of the two children were found on Monday afternoon, buried in a plot of land owned by Gurumurthy in Medchal, in neighbouring Ranga Reddy district. They had been poisoned or killed with a knife, the police said.

The bodies have been sent for a post-mortem. The mother is distraught and says Gurumurthy’s alleged action was brutal.

 

Courtesy: NDTV