Man kills intellectually challenged twins in Hyderabad, says didn't want sister to suffer

A man has been arrested for murdering two intellectually challenged kids as he did not want his sister, mother of the kids, to suffer. The incident was reported at Hyderabad's Chaitanyapuri police station.

The accused, Mallikarjun Reddy, is the maternal uncle of the deceased 12-year-old twins. He strangled them to death and was caught while trying to dispose their bodies.

The twins - Vishnuvardhan and Srujana - lived in Miryalguda of Nalgona district with there parents.

Mallikarjun told his sister Lakshmi that he will get both the kids enrolled for swimming classes in Hyderabad and brought them to the city from Miryalguda.

"His landlords found him behaving suspiciously while putting the dead bodies of the two children into car on Friday night and informed police". said ACP L.B.Nagar K Pruthvidhar Rao.

Mallikarjun along with his roommate and the taxi driver was arrested by police while parents of deceased were informed.

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