Overview
- Police said the incident occurred in Thudumaladinne village of Uyyalawada Mandal, Nandyal district, and identified the deceased as Vemulapati Surendra, Kaavyashri (7), Dhyaneshwari (4) and Surya Gagan (2).
- Investigators suspect the children were given cold drinks laced with pesticides and that the father then hanged himself, pending laboratory confirmation.
- Food and beverage samples from the home have been sent to a forensic lab, the bodies were moved for post-mortem, and a case has been registered.
- Preliminary inquiry points to financial difficulties and personal distress, with locals noting the father struggled after his wife’s suicide in August 2025 and police citing possible alcohol use.
- Allagadda Deputy Superintendent of Police K. Pramod Kumar said the children were killed on Wednesday and the father died by suicide at the family residence.