In Beeramguda village, Ameenpur locality, Sangareddy district, Telangana, a school teacher named Rajitha reconnected with her Class 10 classmate, Suru Shiva, during a school reunion six months prior to the incident. Seeking to leave her husband, Aveeruchintala Chenna, and remarry Shiva, Rajitha was told by Shiva that he would only marry her if she was divorced and childless. Wanting to avoid legal delays in abandoning or divorcing her family, Rajitha conspired with Shiva and smothered her three young children—12-year-old Sai Krishna, 10-year-old Madhupriya, and 8-year-old Gautam—using a towel while they slept on the night of March 27, 2025. She then staged a severe food poisoning scene by scattering rice and curd and pretending to suffer intense abdominal pain. Her husband returned home on the evening of March 28 to find his children unresponsive and his wife in apparent agony. Neighbors helped transport the family to a hospital, where doctors declared all three children deceased. Post-mortem examinations revealed no toxic substances or food poisoning, establishing death by smothering (asphyxiation). Police interrogation led to Rajitha's confession, revealing Shiva's encouragement and involvement. Both Rajitha and Suru Shiva were arrested and remanded to judicial custody.
Country: India
State/Province: Telangana, India
City/Region: Ameenpur
Incident Type: Family Homicide
Relationship Status: Married
Relationship Duration: Approximately 15 years
Incident Date: March 27, 2025
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Approximately 15 years
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Infidelity
This case illustrates a extreme form of instrumental homicide driven by extramarital infidelity and romantic obsession. Following a school reunion, the female perpetrator reconnected with an old classmate and decided to dismantle her existing family unit. When her lover demanded that she be childless as a prerequisite for marriage, she resolved to murder her three young children rather than face long legal delays associated with custody and divorce. The pattern involved pre-planned execution, co-offender encouragement, and elaborate post-incident staging using false claims of food poisoning.
Police initially responded to a suspected acute food poisoning case involving three deceased children and a distressed mother. Discrepancies between the mother's narrative and clinical medical evaluations prompted post-mortem examinations, which ruled out poison or foodborne illness and established asphyxiation via smothering as the cause of death. Time of death was determined to be approximately 12 to 14 hours before the children were discovered by the father. Interrogation of Rajitha led to a full confession implicating her lover, Suru Shiva, who had egged on the murders. Both suspects were arrested and charged with murder and conspiracy.
Initial confusion arose because Rajitha staged a food poisoning scenario by scattering food across the house and feigning severe abdominal pain, causing neighbors and initial medical responders to believe an acute foodborne illness or chemical toxicity had occurred.
On the evening of March 27, 2025, Aveeruchintala Chenna left home driving his water tanker. Once he departed, Rajitha contacted Suru Shiva to confirm her plan to kill the children that night. While 12-year-old Sai Krishna, 10-year-old Madhupriya, and 8-year-old Gautam slept, Rajitha smothered each child using a towel. She scattered food items around the house and feigned illness to construct a cover story. On the evening of March 28, Aveeruchintala returned home to find his wife writhing in fake pain and his three children dead. Medical and forensic evaluations uncovered smothering, leading to Rajitha's arrest and subsequent detention of Suru Shiva.
The perpetrator presented severe behavioral risk factors including total emotional detachment from her children, willingness to engage in lethal violence to achieve a personal life transition, and deceptive staging to evade law enforcement. The co-offender displayed lethal facilitation by validating and encouraging the murder plan rather than intervening or notifying authorities.
Secret affairs combined with extreme demands from a new partner can escalate into catastrophic domestic violence. Medical and forensic evidence like post-mortem asphyxiation markers are crucial in disproving fabricated domestic cover stories like food poisoning.
Rajitha's sudden emotional distance, secretive phone conversations, video chats, and comparison of her husband with her reconnected Class 10 classmate served as key behavioral red flags preceding the crime.
Unattended phone calls while the husband was away, an unlocked door upon his return, scattered food in the house, and discrepancies in the mother's medical condition provided early investigative clues.
The medical post-mortem report ruling out food poisoning or toxic substances and confirming asphyxiation by smothering served as the key physical evidence disproving the suspect's false statements.
Neighbors reported rushing to the house after hearing Aveeruchintala shouting for help and finding the three children unconscious and food scattered across the home.
Initial impressions of accidental food poisoning were completely overturned once medical experts conducted physical examinations and autopsy procedures, transforming the file into a triple murder investigation.
Legal trial proceedings and final court sentencing remain ongoing following the arrest and judicial remand of both accused individuals.