Telangana horror: Class 10 students stab principal to death for money, attacked 27 times; two detained
PTC News Desk: In a horrific incident, two class 10 students stabbed a school principal to death in Telangana's Nalgonda district. According to the police, the teenagers attacked her 27 times in order to steal money, with the investigation later revealing a trail of resentment, a house recce and blood-stained currency.
The investigation into Roopa Reddy’s murder reportedly got a major breakthrough from her last conversation with her aunt.
During the call, Roopa had addressed someone as “Babu”, a term she often used for students at her school. This led police to check students who were absent around the time of the murder. After the school reopened, 13 absent students were identified and questioned.
Five of them were Class 10 students. Police became suspicious of two students who appeared to be spending a lot of money. During questioning, Rs 1.54 lakh in cash was allegedly found with one of them.
The student claimed that his parents had given him the money, but police reportedly found bloodstains on some currency notes. Forensic tests later confirmed that the blood matched Roopa Reddy’s, police said.
Investigators then looked into a possible motive. One of the accused had reportedly earlier stayed in the school hostel. Roopa had allegedly found cash and a phone in his bag, reprimanded him and later shifted him from the hostel to day-scholar status. Police suspect this may have caused resentment.
The student had also allegedly travelled to Goa about a month before the murder and was looking for ways to make money. Police said he conducted a recce of Roopa Reddy’s house five days before the murder after learning that school fee collection money could be kept there.
On August 11, Roopa Reddy returned home from school.
- With inputs from agencies
