The case was registered after a complaint from Irrigation Department Assistant Executive Engineer A Paramesh, who alleged that the Anurag Group of Institutions, under the banner of Gayatri Educational Trust, was illegally constructing a college building within the buffer zone of Nadam Cheruvu
Mandamarri police said the victims were Masu Shivaiah (50), his wife Rajyalaxmi (45), daughter Mounika (22), granddaughters Himabindu (2) and Sweety and relative Shanigarapu Shanthaiah (55), all from Gudipelli Venkatapur village.