Overview
- Hyderabad police allege Devarakonda Mahesh planned the killing for months, tracking ex-wife Sunitha and locating her Vanasthalipuram home through social media.
- Officers say he procured knives, petrol and a chainsaw intended to force entry if needed before allegedly stabbing her inside the apartment on February 18.
- Police cite a grudge linked to Sunitha’s remarriage and an earlier domestic-violence case that led to Mahesh’s passport seizure and visa troubles, with him also blaming her for his mother’s death.
- Sunitha, who divorced in 2024 and remarried in April 2025, was reportedly three months pregnant; Mahesh was arrested, produced in court, and remanded to judicial custody.
- In a separate case in Mangalagiri, 27-year-old Sheikh Ahmed died in hospital after being stabbed following a quarrel over TV volume, with police registering a murder case and moving to arrest his wife, Kranthi.