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Mother and Twin Toddlers Found Dead in Suspected Familicide-Suicide in Hyderabad's Balanagar

Police opened a case after a parental complaint, with the husband in custody pending inquiry.

Overview

  • Neighbours alerted Balanagar police around 4 a.m., and officers moved the bodies to Gandhi Hospital for postmortem.
  • Preliminary findings indicate the mother smothered the twins before jumping from the terrace, though another report cites strangulation and a third-floor fall.
  • The deceased were identified as Challari Sailakshmi and her two-year-old twins, Chetan Karthikeya and Lasyata Valli.
  • Police cited domestic disputes tied to the boy’s speech impairment and therapy as context for family tensions.
  • A case has been registered, and the husband, Anil Kumar, is in custody as statements are taken and forensic results are awaited.