Telangana Police have formed 12 teams to apprehend P Rajkumar, a 35-year-old farmer accused of killing six people in Rangareddy district. The victims include his wife, two children, and three members of another family who had lodged a complaint against him for harassing their minor daughter under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
Rajkumar allegedly committed the murders late on Friday night using a sickle and a knife. He then called his father, confessed to the crimes, and told him that he was going to take his own life. The accused switched off his phone and fled the scene, and his current whereabouts are unknown.
Police Commissioner Tarun Joshi stated that the teams are searching for the accused based on technical inputs, other clues, and details gathered from his friends and relatives. Investigators have analyzed technical data from his calls, examined CCTV footage, and located the car he hired a day before the murders.
Rajkumar had rented the car from a transporter by making an online payment from his wife’s phone. After the vehicle ran out of fuel, he left it near railway tracks under Nandigama Police Station limits. Police are searching for him in various locations, including lodges, roadside dhabas, railway stations, and relatives’ residences in Hyderabad and Srisailam in Andhra Pradesh.
A cash reward of Rs 2 lakh has been announced for anyone providing credible information leading to Rajkumar’s apprehension. His photos have been circulated, and the Government Railway Police have been intimated as he had told his father that he would commit suicide. However, no body was found during the search of railway tracks.
Rajkumar was booked under the POCSO Act in May this year and had recently secured anticipatory bail in the case. His family members told police that he was addicted to online betting and gambling and had taken loans, which had left him under severe stress. He had attempted suicide in October last year by consuming poison due to mounting debts.
