# Andhra engineer family suicide: police hunt rifle coach 2026-08-20T01:15:49+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Panchayat Raj Assistant Engineer Thillapudi Nookaraju (61), his wife Meena (59), and daughter Soujanya (34) jumped into the Godavari river from a rail-cum-road bridge near Rajamahendravaram around midnight on August 16. Passersby rescued Soujanya's 10-year-old son. Nookaraju's body has been recovered, but police continue to search for Meena and Soujanya. Suicide notes recovered by police allege that rifle-shooting coach Sheikh Sadiq Khan (also named Sk. Sadhik Khan) harassed Soujanya, forced her to convert to Islam, and caused her husband Jagadeeswara Reddy's death by poisoning last month. Nookaraju's WhatsApp message also blamed Khan for the family's suicide, citing threats of death. Seven police teams are hunting Khan, who remains elusive, his passport has been confiscated and a look-out notice issued at airports. Deccan Herald reports Khan is accused of pressuring Soujanya to read and write Quran verses. The Hindu adds that Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Deputy CM K. Pawan Kalyan have ordered a speedy probe. Police have released a poster seeking public tips and are investigating the circumstances of Jagadeeswara Reddy's death in June. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Both Deccan Herald and The Hindu report the same core facts neutrally, without editorialising. Deccan Herald leads with the suicide notes' specific allegations of forced conversion and Quran study, while The Hindu foregrounds the police search and the CM's intervention. Neither outlet sensationalises or adopts a critical stance toward authorities. The coverage is uniform straight reporting. The careful reader should note that the accused remains at large despite multiple police teams and a passport confiscation, and that the death of Soujanya's husband last month is now being reinvestigated. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - deccanherald.com (neutral report) Reports allegations factually, leads with suicide notes' details on forced conversion - thehindu.com (neutral report) Straight news agency style, leads with police search and CM's directive This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-21T19:26:56+00:00. Tags: Andhra Pradesh, conversion, Godavari River, Rajamahendravaram police, Sheikh Sadiq Khan Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/andhra-familys-suicide-coach-on-run-after-conversion-allegations/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/andhra-familys-suicide-coach-on-run-after-conversion-allegations/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/