According to police, Raju (20) was in love with his relative Nichitha (16) for sometime. Family members refused to perform their marriage as she had two elder sisters.
The prime accused Pendram Shankar, a resident of Sungapur in Tiryani mandal of Kumram Bheem Asifabad, Gade Raju from Hyderabad and Gopathi Murali belonging to Mandamarri town, were still at large.