Miscreants kill Moturu Sarpanch Vijayawada, Jul 23 (UNI) Two unidentified miscreants murdered Moturu Sarpanch I Narasimha Rao at Gudivida Mandal in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh, this afternoon. Police said the Sarpanch, a close associate of State Higher Education Minister P Venkateswara Rao, was proceeding on a two-wheeler along with his friend to Moturu village from Gudivada when the incident happened. As soon as their motor bike reached the Railway gate at Moturu, the waiting miscreants pounced on Rao and hacked him, while his friend Suresh who was driving the motor bike was assaulted. However, Suresh escaped from the spot with minor injuries, police added. The miscreants then threw the body on the railway track and fled on the motor bike, police said. The motive behind the murder was stated to be on old rivalry. Explosive seized,1 arrested Visakhapatnam, July 23 (UNI) The City Police today arrested a 25-year-old youth for illegaly manufacturing and storing explosives and fire crackers worth Rs 2 lakh in his house at Pendurthy. Pendurthy Sub Inspector Vijayanand said today acting on specific information, they conducted raids on the house of the youth, K Kirnan Kumar and recovered the huge quantity of fire crackers and raw materials used in the manufacturing of the explosives. A case was registered and the accused was taken into custody, police added. Cop kills wife, lives with body Hyderabad, Jul 23 (UNI) In a gruesome incident, a Police Official allegedly killed his wife and lived with her body for the last three days in an inebriated condition in the city. The incident came to light today when the neighbours informed the police about foul smell coming from the Police Official's house. Police said AP Special Protection Force (SPF) Sub-Inspector Venugopal, working as Security Officer with AP Foods Factory, was found in an unconscious state next to his wife Nilavati's body after police broke open the doors. The body was highly decomposed. According to police, Venugopal had not attended his duty for the last ten days and was regularly consuming alcohol after quarrelling with his wife. He had not come out of the house since July 20, the day Nilavati was killed. The policeman was taken into custody and a case was registered. The method used to kill his wife is yet to be ascertained. |
