Driven by blind superstition and fear of vacating their family house, two brothers in Karimnagar district allegedly drowned their 80-year-old ailing mother in a well before reporting her missing.
In a horrifying instance of superstition driving familial betrayal, law enforcement authorities in Telangana’s Karimnagar district have arrested two men for the deliberate murder of their elderly mother. The victim, identified as 80-year-old Nune Venkatamma, was allegedly thrown into a local well while still alive by two of her four adult sons. Investigators revealed that the suspects committed the crime to avoid a local superstition that would have forced them to abandon their residential house had she died naturally inside the home.
The tragic sequence of events unfolded in Elabotharam village, situated within the Saidapur Mandal of Karimnagar district. Venkatamma, an octogenarian who had been suffering from chronic health complications for an extended period, was living under a shared caregiving arrangement organized by her four sons. Under this agreement, the brothers took turns on a rotational basis to provide daily meals and assist with her basic needs as her health steadily declined over time.
A Gruesome Plot Rooted in Superstition
The situation took a dark turn on April 5, when Venkatamma’s physical condition deteriorated sharply. Observing her declining state, two of her sons—identified by police as Sammaiah and Srinivas—grew increasingly anxious about her imminent demise. Rather than seeking urgent medical intervention for their frail mother, the duo became fixated on a deeply ingrained superstitious belief prevalent in their local area.
According to regional beliefs harbored by the suspects, if an individual passes away naturally inside a home, the family is obligated to vacate the premises due to perceived ill omen or spiritual contamination. Fearing the loss and abandonment of the residential property if their mother died inside, Sammaiah and Srinivas devised a sinister plan to remove her from the house while she was still breathing and end her life outside the domestic walls.
Execution of the Crime and Attempted Cover-Up
The following day, on April 6, the two brothers waited for an opportunistic moment when no other family members or neighbors were present at the residence. Capitalizing on the quiet environment, Sammaiah and Srinivas forcibly carried their incapacitated 80-year-old mother out of the home and transported her to a nearby agricultural well. They then callously pushed the elderly woman into the deep water, ensuring she drowned before leaving the site.
In a calculated attempt to evade criminal liability and throw off suspicion, the brothers subsequently staged a missing person scenario. Acting as concerned family members, they approached the local police station to formally report that their elderly, sick mother had wandered off from the house and gone missing. They requested law enforcement assistance in tracing her whereabouts, hoping to portray her death as an accidental drowning or a tragic disappearance of an ailing senior citizen.
Police Investigation Exposes the Truth
Upon receiving the missing complaint, the Saidapur police registered an official case and initiated a thorough investigation into the octogenarian’s sudden disappearance. As investigators analyzed the family's statements and scrutinized the timeline of events provided by the suspects, glaring inconsistencies began to emerge. The physical impossibility of a bedridden, critically ill 80-year-old woman wandering away unassisted to a remote well raised immediate red flags for the investigating officers.
Detailed interrogation of the suspects followed, during which law enforcement personnel dismantled the cover story concocted by the brothers. Under intense questioning, Sammaiah and Srinivas ultimately confessed to the calculated murder of their mother, admitting that fear of property abandonment drove them to carry out the drowning on April 6.
Official Confirmation and Community Reaction
Confirming the breakthrough in the case, Circle Inspector (CI) Srinivas formally announced the details of the investigation during a press context. He confirmed that both Sammaiah and Srinivas had been taken into custody and charged with murder, along with relevant sections pertaining to the destruction of evidence and misleading public authorities.
Police officials stated that both accused individuals have been remanded to judicial custody as legal proceedings against them get underway. The chilling revelation that adult children killed their own vulnerable, bedridden mother over irrational fear and material property has sent shockwaves throughout Elabotharam village and the broader Karimnagar district, highlighting the destructive grip that superstition can still hold over human lives.
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