Hyderabad: Severed head of 3-month-old found

Hyderabad: A three-month-old infant’s head was cut off from the body and was thrown on the terrace of an independent house on Wednesday night. The police suspect that the toddler might have been killed on the occasion of super blue blood moon. 

The severed head of an infant was found on the terrace of a house in Chilkanagar, owned by Rajashekar Goud, an Uber driver, said Dr Tarun Joshi, joint commissioner of police, Rachakonda,. 

“It is likely that the murder could be related to the rare cosmic occurence of super blue blood moon on Wednesday. We have gathered some clues,” said the joint commissioner.

“On Thursday morning, Goud’s mother-in-law went to the terrace of the single-storied house and noticed the head of an infant,” said the official. 

“The baby might be aged three months old. The house has been cordoned off,” said P. Venkateswarlu, inspector of Uppal. 

According to Rajashekar Goud, who called the cops, the incident might have happened on Wednesday night after 2 am. “We closed our doors around 12.30 am on Wednesday. A few months ago, someone had left lemons and turmeric powder inside the premises of the house on a lunar eclipse day.