The circumstances point to possible occult practices, say police
Mystery continues shroud the brutal murder of two girls allegedly by their mother at their residence in Madanapalle on Sunday night.
Padmaja, 50, who administers a popular educational institution in Madanapalle, allegedly killed her two daughters, Alekhya, 27, and Divya Sai, 22, after reportedly stabbing them with a trident and later bludgeoning them with dumb-bells.
While Alekhya was employed at the Central Forest Research Institute in Bhopal, the second girl had completed her bachelors in music and was training at the A.R. Rehman’s music academy. Husband of the accused, Purushottam Naidu, is principal of Madanapalle-based Government Degree College for Women.