Rao allowed to see bodies of slain kin at funeral home

Ch Sushil Rao / TNN / Mar 28, 2017, 13:26 IST

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Rao allowed to see bodies of slain kin at funeral home

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HYDERABAD: Four days after the sensational murder of Sasikala and her son Anish at their apartment in New Jersey, Narra Hanumatha Rao was permitted to see their bodies at a funeral home on Monday.
Hanumantha Rao had requested the police to permit him to see the bodies of his wife and son. He was allowed to see the bodies, along with a few close relatives, at the funeral home where the bodies were kept after autopsy.
The Burlington County Prosecutor's office had come out with a statement on the murder of Sasikala, 38, and her seven-year-old son Anish on March 24.The Maple Shade police department, which reached the residence at Hamilton Road after the murders, collected forensic evidence from the scene of offence.
Hanumatha Rao had himself called the police when he entered his house and saw his wife and child lying in the bedroom, murdered. Police let him off after questioning. Sources revealed to TOI that Rao is still under the surveillance of the police.

Asked when the bodies of Sasikala and Anish were likely to be sent to India, Ravi Potluri, joint secretary of TANA, said, “It is for Hanumantha Rao to take a decision on when and where to perform the funeral rites of his wife and son.“
Potluri is also a close relative of Sasikala. He told TOI that police investigation was underway and Hanumantha Rao was cooperating in the investigation.The police have made no arrests in the case yet.
With Sasikala's family in Vijayawada waiting for the bodies to be sent to India, it is, finally , Hanumantha Rao's decision that matters.

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Ch Sushil Rao

Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.

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