ANANTAPUR: The Kadapa police cracked a murder case within 24 hours and arrested seven persons including two women and two engineering students at Buggaletipalle Vankain CK Dinne mandal on Sunday.
Srikanth Reddy of C.K. Dinne was surety for his friend in the availing of a hand loan from a private lender there. When his friend disappeared all of a sudden, the private lenders caught Srikanth Reddy and mounted pressure on him to repay the amount of Rs 15 lakh.
A gang manhandled Srikanth Reddy on June 1. During the attack, Srikanth Reddy died after being hit by a rod on his head.
The moneylender along with his family members took the body to a deserted place near Buggaletipalle Vanaka in C.K. Dinne mandal. There, they doused the body with petrol and burned it, police said after the investigation and arrests.
Police, giving details of the case to the media, said the family members of Srikanth Reddy contacted the police on June 3. SP K.K.N. Anburajan alerted all the police stations. Meanwhile, the C.K. Dinne police received information about a burnt body near Vanka and identified it as Srikanth Reddy’s.
“We arrested A. Chaitanya Kumar Reddy, Srileela, M. Chamundewari, S. Venkata Sai, K. Mohan Chandra, Uday Kiran of Kadapa and S. Prasanth Yadav of C.K. Dinne,” the local police said.
Kadapa DSP Sharif said two engineering students were among the arrested. The murder was connected to the financial dispute but Srikanth Reddy had only signed a surety for the hand loan, the DSP explained.
