ANANTAPUR: The Nallacheruvu police of Sri Sathya Sai district cracked a Drushyam-style murder case on Saturday.
Kadiri DSP J. Shiva Narayana Swamy revealed the details at a media conference, stating that Sheikh Dada Peer, Pathan Mohammed Yasin, and Pathan Sadik Bhasha had been arrested in connection with the murder of Tangedukunta Amarnath of Allu Gundu village in Nallacheruvu mandal.
Sheikh Dada Peer and Tangedukunta Amarnath were close friends, and Amarnath used to visit Dada Peer’s house frequently.
One day, when Dada Peer was not at home, Amarnath went there and secretly recorded a video on his cellphone while Dada Peer’s wife was taking a bath.
Later, he showed the video to her and began harassing her to satisfy his sexual desires.
When she informed her husband about the video recording and harassment, Dada Peer hatched a plan to kill Amarnath with the help of his two friends Pathan Mohammed Yasin and Sadik Bhasha.
Three accused surrender to police
As part of the plan, on June 10, 2023, around 11 p.m., the three accused called Amarnath and took him in an auto to a hillock near Balappa Gari Palli in Kadiri Rural mandal.
There, they beat him to death with stones. They then took his body in the auto to the Cherlopalli dam, located in the fields of Bandrepalli village under Tavalam Marri Panchayat in Nallacheruvu mandal. The accused tied the body to a rock with ropes and threw it into the waters. At that time, a missing case had been registered for Tangedukunta Amarnath.
District SP S Satish Kumar had instructed officials to expedite investigations into unidentified murders and suspicious death cases. During the course of the investigation, the facts came to light, and the accused later surrendered at the Nallacheruvu police station.