Young B Tech graduate’s death triggers protests in Khammam

Sanjay’s family members, colony residents, and friends staged a protest at the Karunagiri bridge area demanding that the police nab those responsible for his death

Khammam: The death of B Tech graduate P Sanjay Kumar (22), of Rajiv Swagruha Colony in Khammam rural mandal in the district a couple of days ago triggered protests here on Wednesday.

Sanjay’s family members, colony residents, and friends staged a protest at the Karunagiri bridge area demanding that the police nab those responsible for his death.

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They alleged that the police were sidetracking the case while maintaining that the youth was killed when he tried to save a girl from unidentified assailants.

The colony youths took out a protest rally when Sanjay Kumar’s body was taken to the colony.

Khammam rural ACP Tirupathi Reddy, town ACP A V Ramana Moorthy, and others visited the spot and Government General Hospital where the autopsy was performed.

Meanwhile, four police teams have been formed to crack the case. A police team inspected the house in Hyderabad that Sanjay had rented for undergoing software training.