Charred body of youth found

Banaganapalle (Kurnool): The Panyam police have traced a mutilated body of a 35-year-old man on the outskirts of Nandavaram village of Banaganapalle mandal on Friday.

Panyam CI D Parthasaradhi Reddy, disclosing the details, said, ``we were informed about the dead body by the village revenue officer of Nandavaram. Based on the information we went to the spot and found the charred body whose private organs were castrated.

The deceased was identified as Mala Koppara Pedda Chennaiah and a resident of Nandavaram. He had left the house on Thursday night and did not return. The family members thought that he might have gone to Nandyal or Kurnool. In the morning, some of the villagers who have gone to attend the nature’s call found the dead body in a burnt state.

The family members of the deceased identified him to be Pedda Chennaiah. The body was shifted to post mortem and later handed over to the family members, said the CI.

Padmavathi, wife of the deceases, lodged a complaint suspecting some villagers behind the killing of her husband. We have filed a case and took up investigation, Parathasaradhi Reddy said. The deceased is survived by wife and a daughter.