Telangana man accused of stalking, killing minor found dead

3 min readHyderabadUpdated: Jul 13, 2026 06:16 PM IST

The POCSO-accused's body was found a few kilometers away from his place of residence on Monday afternoon. (Image generated using AI)

A 35-year-old man who allegedly killed six persons, including a teenage girl whom he was accused of stalking in in Telangana’s Ranga Reddy district, was found dead in a village about 15 km from his home.

The man, who had been booked in a POCSO case, on Friday night allegedly killed the 16-year-old girl he was accused of stalking, her mother and grandmother, as well as his own wife and two sons.

After the POCSO case was registered in May, the man had gone into hiding and applied for anticipatory bail, which was granted and he was released on personal bond in June.

Friday night’s killings took place in a town and the man’s native village, both of which are just a few kilometres away from Hyderabad. A manhunt had been underway to locate him, police said.

“His body was found near his uncle’s place of residence. There was a poison or insecticide bottle next to the body. We have sent the bottle for sampling and will send the body for postmortem,” a senior police officer told The Indian Express.

Friday night murders

According to the Telangana Police, the man drove 6 km from his village on Friday at around 10.45 pm to the home of the girl whose family had filed a POCSO complaint against him for allegedly stalking her. Police said he knocked on the door, and when the girl’s mother opened the door, he allegedly attacked her with a knife, killing her on the spot. He then entered the house and allegedly killed the girl’s 60-year-old grandmother, who was asleep.

Police said he forced the teenager into his car and drove to a lake in his village. There, he allegedly stabbed the girl to death and left her body near the lake bund. The only person he left unharmed was the girl’s sister.

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The man then headed to his own home. Around 11.20 pm, he allegedly slit the throats of his 31-year-old wife and their two sons, aged four and 18 months.

After the killings, he called his father and allegedly confessed to the crime. He then fled the village in his car, police said. Police reached the spot and sent the bodies for postmortem examination.

The motive of the crime is not known, police said.

Nikhila Henry is an Assistant Editor at The Indian Express, based in Hyderabad. With a career spanning 17 years, she has established herself as an authoritative voice on South Indian affairs, specialising in the complex intersections of politics, education, and social justice.

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