Four arrested in murder case

Kurnool: The Nandyal police arrested four out of five persons on the charges of murdering one Kauluri Chinna Peddanna. The accused have been presented before the media at Ved Vyas Auditorium here on Saturday.

Addressing the media, District Superintendent of Police (SP) Ake Ravi Krishna said accused, who were residents of Nandyal, Pedda Peddanna, Vadde Derangula Surendra, Vadde Manjula Nagaraju, Kundavarupu Sekhar, Kuppala Murali and Somavarapu Naga Trilochana had murdered Kauluri Chinna Peddanna.

Kauluri Chinna Peddanna and Kauluri Pedda Peddanna are brothers. Chinna Peddanna is the youngest while Pedda Peddana is the eldest of the family. Chinna Peddanna was having an illegal affair with his brother’s wife.

Pedda Peddanna, who could not digest the attitude of his brother, had hatched a conspiracy to kill Chinna Peddanna. He immediately contacted his friends and took Chinna Peddanna to Kanala village outskirts and murdered him. Later, the dead body was thrown into the bushes, he said.

The Village Revenue Officer brought to the notice of the police about a dead body lying in bushes. The police registered a case under section 174.

The deceased’s mother Narayanamma came to police station and identified him as his youngest son. She said some unknown persons took her youngest son out on August 16 and he did not return since then.