Andhra police launch hunt for shooting coach after family suicide

Andhra Pradesh police have launched a massive hunt for the coach of a shooting academy allegedly responsible for the suicide of a government employee, his wife and daughter.

Ten teams of Rajamahendravaram and Kakinada police were on the lookout for Sadikh Khan, founder and coach of the shooting academy in Kakinada.

K. Nooka Raju, working as an Assistant Engineer at the Panchayat Raj Department in Pithapuram mandal of Kakinada district, along with his wife, daughter and 10-year-old grandson



Karthikya Reddy, jumped into the Godavari from the Road-cum-Rail bridge in Rajamahendravaram city on Sunday night.

The boy was rescued by the fisherfolk as he was lying unconscious on an island in the river.

The body of 61-year-old Nooka Raju was retrieved on Monday evening while the search was on for his wife Meena, 58, and daughter Sowjanya, 38.

Personnel of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), with the help of expert divers, were continuing the search operation on Tuesday.