Briefing details of the arrest, Mandamarri Inspector Shashidhar Reddy said that Bamandlapelli Rakesh, a daily wage earner from Ramakrishnapur town was apprehended for killing his father Rayamallu (56), a retired coal miner on Thursday.
The incident came to light on Friday morning when neighbours spotted blood in the house of a man named Indu Mian in Bawaria village under Paharpur police station.
A man fired two rounds of bullets against his in-laws reportedly with a short weapon and then sped the spot at Saligama village in Kannepalli mandal on Tuesday night.