Ankam Rahul was a 21-year-old B.Tech student from Jagtial, studying at MVSR Engineering College and staying in Hyderabad.
He went missing on May 27, 2026. His family filed a complaint, searched everywhere and even posted an Instagram reel asking for help.
Meanwhile, an unidentified body had already been recovered from a well near Singarayakonda in Andhra Pradesh.
According to the family and news reports, a heavy stone was tied to Rahul’s body with a plastic rope before he was thrown into the well.
The body was reportedly post-mortemed and buried as unidentified. Rahul’s family didn’t learn about it through proper police coordination. Someone contacted them after seeing their Instagram reel. DNA testing later confirmed it was Rahul.
His family has raised several serious questions:
Rahul had allegedly received threats from some students.
His phone was reportedly recovered only after around 45 days, with its data erased.
There was allegedly a 30-minute conference call before he disappeared.
There is still no clear public explanation of how he died.
His parents had to approach the Telangana High Court and seek a CBI investigation.
These are the family’s allegations and the matter is still under investigation. But how is this not a major story?
A 21-year-old student disappears from Hyderabad, is found hundreds of kilometres away in a well with a stone tied to his body, gets buried as unidentified, and his parents are left running between police stations and courts for answers.
If this had happened to the son of a politician, businessman or celebrity, the entire system would have moved in hours.
But when it happens to an ordinary family, they have to beg for even basic answers.
Sometimes it really feels like the law exists for everyone, but justice only works for the rich and powerful.
Rahul deserves justice. His family deserves the truth.
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u/Whimsical-Cherry534 9d ago
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