Hyderabad: The first lead to nab the accused in the P. Priyanka Reddy case came from a villager who told the police about a truck that was parked near the Todupally toll plaza for a long time.
Sources said a villager told the police that he saw the lorry parked there from about 9 am on Thursday. He said that it only left at night. Some people had consumed liquor inside the vehicle, he said. Police on searching the area found liquor bottles at the spot.
Police then accessed CCTV footage and identified the lorry that led to the arrest of the vehicle driver and prime accused Mohammed alias Areef.
“We checked the footage of the cameras installed before Thondupally and found the lorry number. After the owner was identified, we nabbed Areef and his aides J. Shiva, J. Naveen, and C. Chennakeshavulu," said an official. The official said that only Chennakeshavulu carried a mobile phone.
