The sound of her cries is said to have distressed her mother to an unbearable degree who, in a feat of extreme anger, grabbed a stick and hit the child on the head.

The accused, Sheik Kothwal Noor Mohammad, is believed to have been in contact with banned terrorist organisations, including Jaish-e-Mohammad

In a sharp escalation of infighting within the Telangana Congress, MLA Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy mentioned Chief Minister Revanth Reddy’s name while talking about bills not being cleared, adding at the same time that he was not criticising anyone.