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Lecturer Arrested for Murdering Engineering Student, Tried to Frame as Suicide
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News18•23-09-2026, 23:15
Lecturer Arrested for Murdering Engineering Student, Tried to Frame as Suicide
- •Telangana Police arrested Jetty Naveen Kumar, a 38-year-old contract lecturer, for the murder of 20-year-old engineering student Thandra Akshitarani.
- •The victim died on September 13 at a local government hospital.
- •Officials stated that the lecturer and the victim were in a relationship, but jealousy arose when another individual also pursued her.
- •Jetty Naveen Kumar allegedly forced the victim to drink poison, leading to her death.
- •The accused attempted to portray the murder as a suicide, but police investigations using technical evidence and CCTV analysis confirmed it was a murder.
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Telangana Police apprehended 38-year-old contract lecturer Jetty Naveen Kumar for allegedly murdering 20-year-old engineering student Thandra Akshitarani by forcing her to drink poison.
After forcing the victim to drink poison, the accused attempted to present the crime as a suicide and even called her father to inform him of the fake suicide.
Police successfully established the case as a murder rather than a suicide through a detailed investigation using technical evidence and CCTV footage analysis.
