Kakinada MP calls for death penalty in family suicide case

Kakinada MP Tangella Uday Srinivas on Tuesday (August 25, 2026) demanded capital punishment for Sk. Sadhik Khan for allegedly driving Assistant Engineer Mr. Nooka Raju’s family to take their own lives on August 16.Mr. Sadhik Khan was sent to judicial remand on Monday (August 24) in connection with a case involving charges of murder, extortion, and forcing the victim to convert to another religious faith. On August 16, Mr. Nooka Raju, along with his wife, daughter, and grandson, jumped into the Godavari River, and only the grandson survived.Accompanied by Mr. Nooka Raju’s ten-year-old grandson, Mr. Srinivas met with Kakinada District Collector M.N. Harendhira Prasad on Tuesday to discuss security for the boy, as he had been threatened by Mr. Sadhik Khan.In an official release issued after m