Archive · 10 Oct 2026
Two Fatal Incidents Reported Across Hyderabad Area
Two people died in separate incidents in the Hyderabad area on Friday.
Tahera Bhanu, who was 34, was stabbed near the clothing shop where she worked.
Police say the person suspected of attacking her knew her, and they are trying to find him.
In another incident, 18-year-old student Pawan Sai visited Malkaram quarry with friends.
He slipped from a rock and fell into the water.
Rescue teams searched for nearly two hours before finding him.
Police registered a case and sent his body to Gandhi Hospital for an examination.
A 34-year-old woman, Tahera Bhanu, was fatally stabbed in Chaderghat on Friday night.
Police said the suspect was known to Bhanu and are working to identify and trace him.
An 18-year-old student, Pawan Sai, drowned after falling into Malkaram quarry on Friday evening.
Sai had visited the quarry with 11 other engineering students after seeing it featured in Instagram reels.
Rescuers recovered Sai's body after nearly two hours; police registered a case and sent it for post-mortem.
- Who
- Tahera Bhanu, 34, was killed in Chaderghat; Pawan Sai, 18, died at Malkaram quarry.
- What
- Bhanu was fatally stabbed; Sai drowned after accidentally falling into a quarry pit.
- When
- Both incidents occurred on Friday; the stabbing was around 9:30 pm and the quarry accident was on Friday evening.
- Where
- Chaderghat, Hyderabad, and Malkaram quarry in Jawahar Nagar, Medchal-Malkajgiri district.
- Why
- The stabbing followed an argument, according to reports. Sai reportedly slipped while sitting on a rock and reaching toward the water.
- Stabbing victim
- Tahera Bhanu, 34, a Chanchalguda resident who worked at Manha Wholesale clothing shop in Azampura.
- Stabbing time
- Around 9:30 pm on Friday.
- Stabbing investigation
- Police collected CCTV footage; the Clues team collected blood samples. Reports said two cases had previously been registered against the accused.
- Quarry victim
- Pawan Sai, an 18-year-old first-year B.Tech student.
- Quarry visit
- Sai was with a group of 12 engineering students who went to Malkaram quarry after seeing it in Instagram reels.
- Search operation
- Disaster Response Force teams recovered Sai's body after nearly two hours of searching.
- Post-mortem
- Jawahar Nagar police shifted Sai's body to Gandhi Hospital for a post-mortem examination.