Man Arrested for Drowning Pregnant Wife and Daughters in Telangana

Police in Hanamkonda district, Telangana, have arrested a man suspected of murdering his pregnant wife and two young daughters by drowning them in a family-owned swimming pool. The incident occurred on Wednesday night in Punnelu village of Inavolu mandal, with the bodies discovered the following morning.

The victims were identified as Farhat, 26, who was nine weeks pregnant, and her daughters Umera, 8, and Ayesha, 6. The suspect, Azharuddin, initially told authorities that the three had accidentally slipped into the pool while he was away briefly. He rushed the bodies to MGM Hospital in Warangal, where doctors declared them dead on arrival. However, inconsistencies in his account prompted a deeper investigation by Inavolu police.

Investigators now believe the deaths were premeditated, linked to ongoing family disputes over the gender of Farhat's unborn child. Farhat's family members reported that Azharuddin, who had a love marriage with her about a decade ago, had pressured her to terminate two previous pregnancies after learning the fetuses were female. When Farhat became pregnant again three months ago and refused a third abortion upon discovering it was another girl, tensions...