Woman, paramour arrested in murder case in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: The Vanasthalipuram police solved the murder case of a Srinivas, reported on December 17 last year and arrested two persons including a woman. An extramarital affair led to the killing, police said.

The arrested persons were Sai Kumar (22), from Kamareddy district and K Priyanka (27) from Nalgonda district. Police sources said Priyanka, who was married twice, lost her second husband to Covid-19 last year. Since then, she was staying alone in a rented house at Kamalanagar in Vanasthalipuram. She was looked after by her cousin Srinivas, a resident of Yadadri-Bhongir district.

During this, she allegedly developed an affair with Sai Kumar and when Srinivas learnt about their relationship, he warned her. On December 10, when Priyanka and Sai Kumar were in the former’s house, Srinivas reached there and on seeing them, scolded them.
“An argument took place between them, after which Sai grabbed a stick and hit Srinivas on the head. He died on the spot,” said an official, adding that the suspects then packed the body in a bedsheet and dumped it in a secluded spot on the roadside in Vanasthalipuram. The incident came to light a few days later when locals sensed a foul smell and informed the police.

Based on the ATM card recovered from Srinivas’s pant pocket, he was identified.

The Vanasthalipuram police, over strong suspicion, detained Priyanka and Sai Kumar, who confessed to the killing.