Husband Arrested After Woman Is Killed During Police Escort in Telangana

Overview

• Police say the 29-year-old, Kavitha, was stabbed in the neck inside a moving car as officers drove her back to Zaheerabad after tracing her in Mahabubnagar.
• The husband, identified as Sidda Reddy, was overpowered at the scene, arrested on the spot, and later remanded to judicial custody.
• Investigators are scrutinizing escort protocol because a constable sat in the front seat while the husband rode in the back with the woman.
• Zaheerabad police said the killing appeared planned, alleging he bought a button knife before the return trip.
• Officers had tracked her after a missing report tied to an Instagram-linked elopement, and local reports note the couple’s two young children have lost their mother.