# Mother arrested for strangling daughter over phone use in Hyderabad

2026-10-29T18:11:23+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk

Corroboration: 4 independent outlets

Kothur police arrested a 34-year-old woman, Muyyadi Vijaya Laxmi, for allegedly strangling her 14-year-old daughter Suvarna during an argument over mobile phone use on 27 October, and attempting to stage the death as suicide by hanging. The post-mortem examination found ‘throttling associated with hanging’, leading police to alter the case to murder under Section 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. Police said the mother and daughter had frequent disagreements over the girl’s mobile phone use. The accused was produced before a court on 29 October and remanded in judicial custody. The case was investigated under Shadnagar DCP C. Shirisha Raghavendra and ACP P. Laxminarayana, with Kothur station house officer B. Nagarjuna Reddy part of the team.

## Indian Opinion Analysis

All four outlets report the same facts: a 34-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly strangling her 14-year-old daughter and staging it as a suicide. The Hindu and Deccan Chronicle name the accused as Muyyadi Vijaya Laxmi and give the exact post-mortem finding of ‘throttling associated with hanging’ and the specific legal section. Telangana Today and Siasat report the same core sequence but omit the full name and use the shorter name Vijayalakshmi. Every source attributes the case to Kothur police under the Future City Police Commissionerate, with Deccan Chronicle adding oversight by Shadnagar DCP C. Shirisha Raghavendra. The coverage is uniform straight reporting across all four outlets, with identical causal narrative: an argument over mobile phone use led to the murder.

## Coverage

Coverage: 4 sources, 4 neutral
- siasat.com (neutral report) <https://www.siasat.com/woman-strangles-daughter-to-death-over-phone-use-in-hyderabad-3566776/>
  Straight factual report, same as others
- telanganatoday.com (neutral report) <https://telanganatoday.com/mobile-phone-argument-allegedly-leads-to-teenagers-murder-in-kothur>
  Straight factual report, same as others
- thehindu.com (neutral report) <https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/woman-booked-for-murder-of-teenage-daughter-and-trying-to-pass-it-off-as-suicide/article71641425.ece>
  Gives full name and exact medical and legal details
- deccanchronicle.com (neutral report) <https://www.deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/telangana/woman-arrested-four-killing-teen-daughter-over-mobile-phone-use-2000125>
  Adds names of supervising officers in investigation

This brief was synthesised by AI from the 4 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry.
Update, 30 October 2026: this story now draws on 4 sources. Last updated 2026-10-30T09:56:37+00:00.

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