An 18-year-old first-year nursing student was found dead under suspicious circumstances at her residence in Vengannapalem village of Julurupadu mandal in Telangana, with police intensifying the investigation and launching a hunt for a prime suspect and others allegedly linked to the incident.
Police and a clues team examined the scene and collected evidence. Harini’s mother, who has been supporting her two daughters through daily-wage work following her husband’s death, expressed suspicion over the involvement of a person from the neighbouring house. A major development came after the post-mortem examination, with preliminary findings indicating strangulation as the cause of death. Police are now treating the case as murder.
Harini was found behind the bathroom on the premises of her house after her mother, Rajeshwari, returned home and noticed that she was missing, according to police. Kothagudem DSP L Adi Narayana said the investigation had been intensified and police teams were working to trace the main suspect.
Police are also examining the circumstances surrounding Harini’s movements before the incident and the subsequent movements of the suspects.
“We were informed that Harini died due to strangulation. Based on the post-mortem findings, the case will be altered from a suspicious-death case to a murder case under Section 103(1) of the BNS.
The main suspect is absconding and our teams are making efforts to locate him,” the DSP said.
