Telangana: Warangal serial killer kept tabs on police investigation

HYDERABAD: Hours after killing nine people in the early hours of May 21 in Warangal, the accused, Sanjay Kumar Yadav, returned to the scene of offence after coming to know that police had reached the agriculture well at Gorrekunta..
Untill he was contacted by cops — since his phone number figured in the deceased Maqsood Alam’s call data record, Sanjay was keeping track of the developments in the case by being in touch with migrant labourers and lending a ear to discussions among locals.
“To execute his plan...Sanjay frequented their new place of residing, which was at the gunny manufacturing unit during the lockdown. He even asked Maqsood to help him get employment since he was jobless because of the lockdown,’’ Warangal police said. Police said Sanjay’s intention to visit the gunny bag unit was to conduct a recce of the place so that he can execute the multiple murders and dispose the bodies.
After committing the murder, he thought that police would treat is as a mass suicide since none of the victim’s immediate family members was at the spot or knew him. But, his plans were disrupted when cops stumbled upon his missing live-in partner Rafiqa. Sanjay mixed sleeping tablets in buttermilk that Rafiqa consumed and pushed her out of a running train near Nidavadolu in AP when she was unconscious. After killing her, he returned to Warangal. In fact, to cover up this killing, Sanjay murdered nine others as Maqsood’s wife is related to Rafiqa.
Apart from the murder case, police also registered a fresh case against Sanjay after conclusion of custodial enquiry for allegedly raping a minor, who is a relative of one of the nine victims.