Five-member gang arrested for 6 murders, robberies
Gang members targeted elderly persons who lived alone; from Oct 2020 to June 2021, they committed six murders in five cases: CP
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Commissioner of Police Bathini Sreenivasulu addressing mediapersons at the Police Commissionerate in Vijayawada on Thursday | P Ravindra Babu By Express News Service
VIJAYAWADA: In a major development, Vijayawada Police on Thursday arrested a gang of five youth for committing robberies and murdering six elderly persons across Penamaluru and Kanchikacherla PS limits in Krishna district. Addressing media persons, Commissioner of Police B Sreenivasulu said the accused were identified as Velpuri Prabhakar Kumar (22), Sunkara Gopi Raju (22) of Poranki, Ponamala Chakravarthy alias Chakri (21), Moram Naga Durga Rao alias Chanti (21) of Tadigadapa and Maddhi Phanindra Kumar (20) of Kamayya Thopu.