TRS ex-MLA’s kin arrested in connection with lawyer couple’s murder
By News Desk| Published: 19th February 2021 5:10 pm IST Bittu Srinu, the nephew of TRS ex-MLA Putta Madhukar being taken away by the police. (Photo: Siasat)
Hyderabad: The nephew of an ex-mla from the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) was arrested by the police in connection with the murder of the lawyer couple which transpired on February 17. Bittu Srinu, the accused, will be produced before a court today evening.
A day earlier, the Ramagundamn police had arrested Kunta Srinivas, a mandal-level leader of the TRS, and two others for the gruesome murder of Vaman Rao and his wife P V Nagamani. Srinu is the nephew of TRS ex-MLA Putta Madhukar.
TRS Leader Among Three Arrested for Telangana Lawyer Couple Murder
The incident has kicked up a political storm in the state, with the opposition alleging the implicit role of the state government and chief minister K. Chandrasekar Rao.
TRS Manthani mandal unit president Kunta Srinivas has been arrested in connection with lawyer couple murder in Telangana. Photo: Facebook
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Hyderabad: A local leader of the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and two others were arrested in connection with the gruesome daylight killing of the lawyer couple on Wednesday. The TRS suspended the leader concerned as advocates across the state staged protests.
Heavy security at the victims’ village in Manthani on Thursday
HYDERABAD: Advocate couple, Gattu Vaman Rao and Nagamani, were followed by the assailants’ henchman for nearly three hours before they were hacked to death in Peddapalli district on Wednesday afternoon. “This clearly shows that it was a pre-determined murder,” Ramagundam police commissioner V Satyanarayana told TOI even as three of the accused were arrested on Thursday. Among those nabbed was Kunta Srinivas, local TRS leader and alleged mastermind of the murders.
“The killers used a car with a temporary registration number. They also acquired hunting sickles to commit the crime,” inspector general of police Y Nagi Reddy said. “The conspiracy was well-planned and executed.”
The FIR filed in the case of murder of Telangana's lawyer couple states that the construction of a temple and an illegal house by a TRS leader was the motive behind the murder.
AK 47 rifles, explosives were part of gangster Nayeem’s collection
By SM Bilal| Updated: 14th December 2020 6:24 pm IST
Hyderabad: An RTI document has revealed that large collection of weapons including lethal AK 47 rifles were seized by the police from the renegade gangster Mohammed Nayeemuddin aka Bhongir Nayeem.
According to details furnished by the SIT constituted to probe illegal activities of gangster Nayeem, three AK 47s rifles, nine pistols, three revolvers, seven tapanchas, one SBBL 12 bore gun, one Sten gun and two hand grenades were recovered during the raids on Nayeem’s residences after the shootout at Shadnagar on August 8, 2016.
That’s not all, the seizure also includes explosives 10 gelatin sticks, five kilos of ammonium nitrate, around 10 metres of fuse wire and 30 detonators, while his ammunition stock included six magazines and 616 live rounds for various weapons. The investigators were also stumpbled to find one bulletproof jacket during the seizure op