Hyderabad: The Nalgonda district police on Thursday solved the mystery behind the murder of an employee of Indian Detonators Private Limited, Narketpally, with the arrest of his friend. The police said that the murder was a result of a homosexual relationship.
The victim Pati Jaanreddy, a resident of Narketpally in Nalgonda district, was found dead naked with his hands and legs tied to a cot near an agriculture well on the village outskirts. His body bore multiple injuries made with sharp weapons.
Nalgonda DSP S. Sudhakar said the accused, Arogyam, also an IDPL employee. “They were in a homosexual relationship over the last few years,” he said.
The police caught Arogyam after Jaanreddy’s wife told them that they duo had left together.
Arogyam told the police that Jaanreddy harassed him to have sex and he decided to eliminate him.
On Sunday night, the duo went to the fields on the outskirts of Narketpally. “Arogyam tied his hands and legs to a cot and slit his neck with a blade. Jaanreddy bled to death unable to free himself. The was body found the next morning,” an official said.
