Overview

• Bandlaguda police arrested Mohammed Akbar, 35, who allegedly smothered his younger son, Mohammed Anas, at home in the early hours of Friday.
• He is accused of placing the body in a sack and dumping it from the Nayapul bridge into the Musi River before resuming his routine work.
• Investigators say Akbar filed a false missing-person report, but CCTV footage and phone records contradicted his account and led to his admission.
• Police cite frequent quarrels over the child’s medical treatment costs and a diagnosed heart condition as the suspected motive; the mother was on hospital duty at the time.
• HYDRAA and Disaster Response Force teams are searching the Musi, but strong currents after reservoir releases have hindered recovery, and the body remains untraced.