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Andhra engineer family suicide: police hunt rifle coach
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: 2 sources, 2 neutral
Sources (2): deccanherald.com (neutral report), thehindu.com (neutral report)
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Methodology and corrections.
Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
