Sasikala, 40, and her son Anish Sai were found dead in their home in Burlington, New Jersey when her husband Narra Hanumanth Rao returned from work yesterday.
An Indian IT professional and her seven-year-old son in the US were found with their throats slit, prompting the police to launch a criminal investigation into the brutal killing.
Sasikala, 40, and her son Anish Sai were found dead in their home in Burlington, New Jersey when her husband Narra Hanumanth Rao returned from work yesterday.
Indian-American community leader and President of the non-profit Indian American Friendship Council (IAFC) Prasad Thotakura told that according to the information he has, Rao allegedly found his wife and child "in a pool of blood" and "with their throats slit".
According to information available so far, Sasikala had picked up her son from school in the afternoon and returned home. Their bodies were later found in their home by her husband.
Thotakura said the police have launched a criminal investigation into the case and are looking into motives behind the murder, including the possibilities of any foul play. He added that no details are yet available to ascertain if the case involved any domestic dispute.
He said the Telugu Association of North America is helping the family to send the bodies back to India.
The couple worked in the IT fields and had been living in the US for the last 12 years.
INDIA IN TOUCH WITH US OVER DEATHS OF MOTHER, SON
After an Indian woman and her seven-year-old son were found dead in their home in New Jersey, a senior official here said on Friday that the government was in touch with the US authorities over the matter.
In his weekly media briefing here, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Gopal Baglay said that the government was still awaiting details of the unfortunate incident.
"We are in touch with the US authorities who are trying to ascertain the details in the matter," he said.
Indian origin mother-son found murdered in New Jersey home: Family of the deceased persons in Andhra Pradesh's Vijayawada mourn the loss pic.twitter.com/pQ1KKiWgkh
— ANI (@ANI_news) March 24, 2017
The victims were N. Sasikala (40) and her son Anish Sai, their family in Andhra Pradesh's Prakasam district said on Friday.
Sasikala's husband N. Hanumantha Rao found the bodies when he returned home from work on Thursday evening.
Y. Sambasiva Rao, a member of Andhra Pradesh state legislative assembly from Prakasam district, spoke to representatives of Telugu Association of North America (TANA) over phone about the incident.
He said the mother and her son were strangulated to death.
Hanumantha Rao and Sasikala both were software professionals. Sasikala used to work from home.
The couple had been living in the US for nine years.
This is the latest in a series of incidents involving Indian techies.
Telangana's aeronautical engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla, 32, was killed when Adam W. Purinton, who earlier served in the US Navy, shot him in Olathe, Kansas, on February 23.
Vamshi Reddy Mamidala, also from Telangana, was shot dead in Milpitas, California, on February 10 in a garage in his apartment building.
Vijayawada (Andhra): We suspect that they have been murdered following an affair of my son-in-law with another woman there:Deceased's mother pic.twitter.com/GYeH9zrzAJ
— ANI (@ANI_news) March 24, 2017
WOMAN’S FAMILY SUSPECT MURDER DUE TO SON-IN-LAW’S AFFAIR
Reacting to the death of a N. Sasikala and her seven-year-old son at their New Jersey home, the victim’s parents based in Andhra Pradesh suspected that her daughter has been murdered due to an affair of their son-in-law.
In a statement to news agency, the victim’s mother was quoted as saying, “We suspect that they have been murdered following an affair of my son-in-law with another woman there.”
Meanwhile, family of the deceased mourned their death in Andhra Pradesh’s Vijayawada district on Friday. A member of Andhra Pradesh state legislative assembly from Prakasam district Y. Sambasiva Rao had spoken to representatives of Telugu Association of North America (TANA) over phone about the incident.
Rao said the mother and her son were strangulated to death. Both husband and wife were software professionals who were living in US for nine years.
