Overview
- Bandlaguda police detained Mohd Akbar after he admitted to smothering his son and throwing the body from Nayapul bridge, citing CCTV footage as corroboration.
- The initial kidnapping case registered on September 13 was later altered to murder and causing disappearance of evidence following the confession, according to officials.
- The child’s body has not been recovered as DRF, HYDRAA and SDRF teams use drones to scan roughly 30 km of the Musi River, where heavy flows from reservoir releases complicate the search.
- Investigators say family disputes over medical costs preceded the killing, and the boy had a congenital heart condition for which he was being treated at Niloufer Hospital.
- Akbar was remanded on Tuesday, and residents of Noori Nagar held a rally calling for capital punishment.