College Lecturer Rescued after Kidnapping in Guntur
The Singhnagar police tracked down the kidnappers near Jonnalagadda in Guntur early Sunday
Vijayawada: A college lecturer, Patri Srinivas was kidnapped while he was returning home around 9 pm, but the police rescued him after apprehending the kidnappers near Jonnalagadda in Guntur district at around 2.30 am on Sunday night.
According to information available, Srinivas’s family members lodged a complaint with the police following his disappearance. Police subsequently found his two-wheeler on a road near a ditch close to his residence.
Srinivas had reportedly complained to the city police commissioner and Singhnagar police against Dr Keshava Rao and his associates after allegedly identifying them in CCTV footage while conducting a recce of his house last month.
The police examined CCTV footage as part of the investigation into the kidnapping. The Singhnagar police tracked down the kidnappers near Jonnalagadda in Guntur early Sunday. The police rescued Srinivas when the kidnappers were allegedly tying him up and assaulting him. The circumstances surrounding the abduction and the motive behind it were yet to be established.