Teacher kills 3 children to start new life with former classmate

A 30-year-old teacher from Ameenpur Mandal in Sangareddy district, India, Rajitha, killed her three children—12-year-old Sai Krishna, 10-year-old Madhu Priya, and 8-year-old Gautam—to start a new life with her former classmate, Sooru Shiva Kumar.

She initially claimed that they had fallen ill after eating curd rice on March 27, but investigations later revealed that she had suffocated them one by one to clear the way for her to marry Shiva.

She staged their deaths as food poisoning to cover up the crime.

Rajitha’s unhappiness in her marriage to A. Chennaiah, a 50-year-old water tanker driver 20 years older than her, had been growing for some time.

Chennaiah’s first wife had passed away during childbirth, and in 2013, he married Rajitha, with whom he had three children.

However, reports indicated that Rajitha resented her life with Chennaiah and longed for an escape.

Her affair with her former classmate, Shiva Kumar, who she hoped to marry, became the driving force behind her tragic actions.

Driven by a desire to build a new life with him, Rajitha decided to eliminate any obstacles standing in her way. She killed her children and pretended they had died from food poisoning, hoping to deceive everyone around her.

The police investigation, led by Sangareddy DSP Paritosh Pankaj, soon uncovered the truth.

When her motive became clear, the case sent ripples through social media, and concerned individuals flooded the comments section, expressing disbelief over the horrific crime.

See some reactions below: 

@tyewoolove: “It’s clear that she’s struggling with mental health issues. She needs to be taken to a psychiatric for proper treatment. Even her ex, whom she ran away with, his not be safe in this situation.”

@Rebirth_O_Slick: “Women don’t get how vulnerable they can be, when they listen to the wrong voices. There’s a reason Eve’s curse was that “Her desires will be to her husband”. Pray for people that won’t take advantage of your vulnerability. How many men collude to kill their wives over a woman?”

@SegunfunmithinQ: “If I am in a position to deal with her, I will offer to a lion as breakfast.”

@MosehImma: “Hmmm she should be investigated..I doubt if she’s truly the mother of those kids.”

@Haryorwandeh97: “Her OWN 3 children!!!!. I’ve read about a lot of evils, but this tops it.”

@hugabiola: “Someone that can run away leaving the children with her husband. Useless evil soul.”

@ebecode: “It’s a crime of passion. Women and emotional decisions en .so sad.”