{"id":16790,"date":"2026-08-26T08:43:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T08:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=16790"},"modified":"2026-08-26T08:43:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T08:43:24","slug":"a-fatal-pact-death-note-and-poison-how-a-rifle-coach-came-to-haunt-andhra-family-vijayawada-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=16790","title":{"rendered":"A fatal pact, death note and poison: How a rifle coach came to haunt Andhra family | Vijayawada News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133528156,imgsize-127638,width-400,height-225,resizemode-75\/-.jpg\" alt=\"A fatal pact, death note and poison: How a rifle coach came to haunt Andhra family\" title=\"Sadhik Khan (right) was arrested by police teams in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Sadhik Khan (right) was arrested by police teams in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh.\">Sadhik Khan (right) was arrested by police teams in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>VIJAYAWADA: \u201cHarassment by Sadhik Khan was the reason for my death,\u201d a 34-year-old woman allegedly wrote in a suicide note before jumping into the Godavari river with her parents and 10-year-old son in Andhra Pradesh\u2019s Rajahmundry, police said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>The woman, Kovvuri Soujanya, also accused Khan, a rifle shooting coach, of killing her husband, Jagadeesh Reddy, by allegedly administering chemical poison.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Soujanya, her parents Tillapudi Nookaraju and Tillapudi Meena, and her son Riyansh Karthikeya Reddy jumped from the Road-cum-Railway Bridge near Rajahmundry on August 17.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>The boy survived after becoming trapped in the bridge\u2019s grill before falling into the river. <!-- -->Two fishermen, alerted by police, rescued him. Soujanya and her parents were swept away and their bodies were later recovered.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>Police have now arrested Khan in connection with Jagadeesh Reddy\u2019s alleged murder.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3>Family travelled from Kakinada<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>The family had travelled from Kakinada to Kovvur before reaching the bridge late on August 17.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>Nookaraju, 61, was an assistant engineer in the Panchayati Raj department in Pithapuram in Kakinada district. His wife Meena was 59, while Soujanya was 34.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>According to police, Nookaraju and Meena jumped into the river first. Soujanya then followed with her son.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>At around 11.40pm, Rajahmundry II Town Police received a call through the 112 emergency service.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>Officers who reached the bridge found the family&#8217;s car and footwear there.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>Police alerted fishermen in the river and two of them managed to rescue Riyansh.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>The boy&#8217;s grandparents and mother could not be saved.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"31\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3>&#8216;He threatened my daughter and grandson&#8217;<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>The case took a new turn when investigators recovered suicide notes left by the family.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/>Nookaraju had allegedly sent his note through WhatsApp to an engineers&#8217; group, addressing the Kakinada district Collector and Superintendent of Police.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"36\"\/>He blamed Khan for the family&#8217;s decision to take the extreme step.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"38\"\/>According to the note, Nookaraju alleged that Khan entered their lives after Jagadeesh&#8217;s death in July, initially assuring Soujanya that he would help her.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"41\"\/>He then accused Khan of threatening Soujanya, her son and himself with death.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"43\"\/>Nookaraju also alleged that Khan had taken control of valuables and bank accounts belonging to the family.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"45\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3>Mother alleged property plot<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>Meena&#8217;s note also contained allegations against Khan.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"48\"\/>She allegedly said she was worried about what would happen to her daughter and grandson and referred to her husband&#8217;s poor health.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"50\"\/>She described Khan as cruel and said the family could not face him.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"53\"\/>She also alleged that Khan would \u201csell\u201d her daughter and grandson.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"55\"\/>Meena further claimed that she had heard a telephone conversation in which Khan allegedly said he would acquire the family&#8217;s entire property once it was transferred into Soujanya&#8217;s name.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"57\"\/>Police are investigating these allegations.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"59\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3>Khan arrested in Meerut<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>Kakinada district superintendent of police G Bindu Madhav formed a Special Investigation Team to investigate the case.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"63\"\/>The SIT is being led by Kakinada in-charge sub-divisional Police Officer and Additional SP (Admin) Dr Mahanti Kishore Kumar.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"65\"\/>A special team travelled to Meerut after receiving information about Khan&#8217;s whereabouts.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"67\"\/>With the help of Uttar Pradesh Police, officers arrested him near Nauchandi Police Station at about 9am on August 22.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"70\"\/>Khan was produced before a chief judicial Magistrate court in Meerut, where police obtained a transit warrant.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"73\"\/>He was then brought to Kakinada and produced before the Kakinada Special Mobile Judicial First Class Magistrate Court.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"75\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3>Police probe alleged poisoning<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>Police are investigating whether Khan had any role in Jagadeesh Reddy&#8217;s death and whether the allegations made by Soujanya and her parents can be substantiated.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"78\"\/>They are also examining claims of threats, financial control and religious conversion.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"80\"\/>Investigators are analysing mobile phones, call data records, CCTV footage, medical records, bank transactions and other digital evidence to reconstruct the sequence of events.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"82\"\/>Police said the investigation will also establish the circumstances surrounding Jagadeesh&#8217;s death and determine Khan&#8217;s alleged role in the case.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/vijayawada\/a-fatal-pact-death-note-and-poison-how-a-rifle-coach-came-to-haunt-andhra-family\/articleshow\/133528034.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sadhik Khan (right) was arrested by police teams in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. VIJAYAWADA: \u201cHarassment by Sadhik Khan was the reason for my death,\u201d a 34-year-old woman allegedly wrote in a suicide note before jumping into the Godavari river with her parents and 10-year-old son in Andhra Pradesh\u2019s Rajahmundry, police said.The woman, Kovvuri Soujanya, also accused [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-31"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787733807_unnamed-file.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787733807_unnamed-file.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787733807_unnamed-file.jpg","large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787733807_unnamed-file.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787733807_unnamed-file.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787733807_unnamed-file.jpg","blogsy-small":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787733807_unnamed-file.jpg","blogsy-small-tall":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787733807_unnamed-file.jpg","blogsy-small-square":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787733807_unnamed-file.jpg","blogsy-small-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787733807_unnamed-file.jpg","blogsy-medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787733807_unnamed-file.jpg","blogsy-medium-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787733807_unnamed-file.jpg","blogsy-large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787733807_unnamed-file.jpg","blogsy-wide":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787733807_unnamed-file.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8709732a479614e7a8aa24d3eb1b239f30dc6d90c61464ed495001e7a469d856?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Sadhik Khan (right) was arrested by police teams in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. 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