Hyderabad: A 36-year-old woman was found murdered near Jaklair village in Narayanpet district on Thursday, while her newborn son could not be traced.
Police said Yashoda had suffered a fatal head injury and suspect that she may have been attacked with a boulder. Yashoda’s brother Kashinath told police that the couple had been having disputes for some time and suspected that Lakshman could be behind her killing. The deceased was identified as K Yashoda, a resident of Gudigandla village in Makthal mandal. They alerted the police, who reached the spot and began an investigation. The body was shifted to the Makthal mortuary for postmortem. Police are yet to establish when exactly the murder took place and are examining the circumstances at the scene as part of the investigation. Yashoda’s husband Lakshman , who works as an autorickshaw driver, is being questioned by police. Her family members have expressed suspicion about his involvement. Based on his complaint, police registered a murder case. Yashoda had recently delivered a baby boy. The newborn, however, could not be traced after her death. Police are trying to ascertain when and where the infant was last seen and who was taking care of the baby. Yashoda was later found dead near Jaklair. Police are now examining the sequence of events between the time she left home and the discovery of her body, besides trying to establish the whereabouts of her newborn son.
Her body was found near a culvert on the road between Bondalakunta and Jaklair by farmers heading to their fields on Thursday morning. The couple had gone out for their routine work on Wednesday, according to police.