Sadhik Khan (right) was arrested by police teams in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. VIJAYAWADA: “Harassment by Sadhik Khan was the reason for my death,” a 34-year-old woman allegedly wrote in a suicide note before jumping into the Godavari river with her parents and 10-year-old son in Andhra Pradesh’s Rajahmundry, police said.

The woman, Kovvuri Soujanya, also accused Khan, a rifle shooting coach, of killing her husb and, Jagadeesh Reddy, by allegedly administering chemical poison. Soujanya, her parents Tillapudi Nookaraju and Tillapudi Meena, and her son Riyansh Karthikeya Reddy jumped from the Road-cum-Railway Bridge near Rajahmundry on August 17.

The boy survived after becoming trapped in the bridge’s grill before falling into the river. Two fishermen, alerted by police, rescued him.

Soujanya and her parents were swept away and their bodies were later recovered. Police have now arrested Khan in connection with Jagadeesh Reddy’s alleged murder.

Family travelled from KakinadaThe family had travelled from Kakinada to Kovvur before reaching the bridge late on August 17. Nookaraju, 61, was an assistant engineer in the Panchayati Raj department in Pithapuram in Kakinada district.

His wife Meena was 59, while Soujanya was 34. According to police, Nookaraju and Meena jumped into the river first.

Soujanya then followed with her son. 40pm, Rajahmundry II Town Police received a call through the 112 emergency service.

Officers who reached the bridge found the family's car and footwear there. Police alerted fishermen in the river and two of them managed to rescue Riyansh.

The boy's grandparents and mother could not be saved.' He threatened my daughter and grandson' The case took a new turn when investigators recovered suicide notes left by the family.

Nookaraju had allegedly sent his note through WhatsApp to an engineers' group, addressing the Kakinada district Collector and Superintendent of Police. He blamed Khan for the family's decision to take the extreme step.

According to the note, Nookaraju alleged that Khan entered their lives after Jagadeesh's death in July, initially assuring Soujanya that he would help her. He then accused Khan of threatening Soujanya, her son and himself with death.

Nookaraju also alleged that Khan had taken control of valuables and bank accounts belonging to the family. Mother alleged property plotMeena's note also contained allegations against Khan.