# AP police hunt shooting coach after three family members die by suicide 2026-08-18T10:24:57+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 3 independent outlets Andhra Pradesh police have launched a massive hunt for Sadikh Khan, founder of the PRO Rifle Shooting Academy in Kakinada, accused of abetting the suicide of a government engineer's family. A murder case has also been registered against him on suspicion that he poisoned the engineer's son-in-law in July. K. Nooka Raju, an Assistant Engineer, jumped into the Godavari river from a bridge in Rajamahendravaram on August 16 with his wife Meena, daughter Sowjanya, and 10-year-old grandson Karthikya. The boy was rescued by fisherfolk. Nooka Raju's body was recovered on Monday, the two women remain missing. The State Disaster Response Force resumed searching on Tuesday. A suicide note left in the family's car alleges that Sadhik Khan harassed Sowjanya after her husband Jagadeesh Reddy died, threatened to kill Raju and the boy, and took their valuables. Sowjanya's father-in-law later alleged that Jagadeesh was injected with poison. Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan has asked police to speed up the investigation. ## Indian Opinion Analysis All three sources report near-identical facts: a family tragedy, a suicide note, a murder allegation, and a police hunt. Telengana Today and Assam Tribune lead with the police operation against coach Sadikh Khan and include Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan's intervention, framing the story as a law-and-order response. The Hindu leads with the murder case registered, foregrounding the new allegation of poisoning, and provides more direct police quotes and document details. No source is critical of the government or the police investigation, the coverage is uniform straight reporting with a shared official-source framing. There is no discernible partisan stance. The implications lie in the escalating charges, from abetment of suicide to murder, and the fact that two women are still missing. The next concrete step is the search for the missing women and Sadikh Khan's arrest. ## Coverage Coverage: 3 sources, 3 neutral - telanganatoday.com (neutral report) Leads with the police hunt and includes Deputy CM's intervention, framing the response as swift and official. - thehindu.com (neutral report) Foregrounds the new murder case and provides detailed police quotes and document access, emphasising legal escalation. - assamtribune.com (neutral report) Mirrors Telengana Today's lead and includes the Deputy CM's involvement, same official-response framing. This story was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 3 sources. Last updated 2026-08-19T00:15:53+00:00. Tags: Andhra Pradesh police, Godavari River, Pawan Kalyan, Rajamahendravaram, Sadikh Khan Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/ap-police-hunt-shooting-coach-after-engineers-family-suicide-murder-case-added/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/ap-police-hunt-shooting-coach-after-engineers-family-suicide-murder-case-added/#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/