In a brutal and heart-rending incident, seven-year-old Sai Lakshmi was found murdered at her residence in Yellampalli of the Medchal district.
As per the Medchal police's preliminary reports, the seven year old was found dead in the kitchen with her throat slit, possibly with a knife or a pair of scissors, sometime during the morning or the afternoon while she was playing.
The police have not yet established the motive behind the crime, but are suspecting a family feud to be the reason.
As per the cops, Lakshmi's maternal grandfather visited her sometime in the afternoon. When the girl's father called up his residence, her grandfather answered and told him that she was asleep.
This raised the police's suspicion as Lakshmi's father had earlier claimed that the suspect rarely ever visited them at that hour.
However, Lakshmi's father also claimed that he had not suspected anyone within his family as they had no bad blood between them.
The cops have summoned the grandfather and several other family members for further investigation.