Telangana police on Thursday arrested six accused in the murder case of TRS leader Tammineni Krishnaiah in Khammam district.Six of the eight accused in the case were reportedly arrested on the border between Khammam and Mahabubabad districts. .
CPI(M) leader Tammineni Koteshwar Rao has been booked along with seven other CPI(M) activists by Telangana police for his alleged involvement in the murder of TRS leader Tammineni Krishnaiah, who was hacked to death on August 15 in Khammam district.
A Telangana Rashtriya Samithi (TRS) leader Tammineni Krishnaiah was hacked to death by four unidentified persons, minutes after hoisting the national flag in Telangana on Monday. Section 144 was imposed in the area following the incident, which took place in the Teladarupally village of the Khammam Rural Mandal in the district. According to reports, the TRS leader was hacked to death while returning back from the National Flag hoisting ceremony on Monday morning. Tammineni Krishnaiah had joined TRS after leaving CPM sometime back.