Couple held for homicide of seven-year-old lady in Yakutpura

The Madannapet police on Saturday (October 4, 2025) arrested a pair for allegedly murdering their seven-year-old niece by gagging her with tape and drowning her in a water tank at their Yakutpura residence.

The accused, Mir Sami Ali, 36, who runs a water plant enterprise, and his spouse Yasmeen Begum, 28, allegedly killed the kid, on Tuesday (September 30,2025) at their home in Chowni, Yakutpura.

DCP (South East Zone) S. Chaitanya Kumar mentioned that. “The motive stemmed from a household dispute. Sami Ali and Yasmeen Begum, the kid’s maternal uncle and aunt, had longstanding monetary disagreements with the sufferer’s mom.”

The officer added that the couple additionally suspected that their very own daughter, who died of sickness final November 2024, had fallen sick as a consequence of alleged black magic carried out by the sufferer’s mom.

“Tensions escalated after Ali transferred possession of a home from his father by paying a part of the quantity owed to the complainant, leaving the steadiness unsettled. Frequent visits by the complainant and her kids reportedly fuelled resentment, main the couple to plan and execute the homicide,” defined the DCP.

On the day of the incident, when the complainant briefly stepped out of the home, the couple discovered a possibility to hold out their plan between 7.20 p.m. and seven.40 p.m.

The two had been arrested on Saturday (October 4, 2025) at Chandra Nagar, Rein Bazaar, from the home of Yasmeen Begum’s mom.