Prime Accused In Tanuja Ranjan’s Murder Flees To Nepal

Kalpana alias Dharma, a member of Sahu Gang, killed Tanuja at her home in Jubilee Hills, Prashasan Nagar, in the early hours of May 8 and removed her gold ornaments. He then booked a car to go to Nampally railway station, where his two friends had already purchased general tickets. To escape the police, they all took the Telangana Express, got off at Cherlapally, rented a car and went to the outskirts of the city.

On May 1, the victim’s husband Ranjan Ray, a retired AP cadre IPS officer, had gone to Bengaluru for treatment. That night, an uneasy Tanuja called Kalpana from the maid’s room to help her.

Kalpana, along with Suresh and Ganesh, strangled the victim in the early hours of May 8 and fled to Nampally railway station in a car with gold and cash. They were joined there by two colleagues named Dilip and another unidentified person. Police said the gang avoided using mobile phones in their escape plan.

Apart from CCTV footage collected at railway stations, the 12 police teams faced great difficulty in tracking the Sahu Gang, relying heavily on human intelligence. Police announced that gold buyers Sunil Periyal and Dilip were arrested, while Kalpana, Ganesh, Suresh and other gang members managed to cross into Nepal.

An 80-year-old man living alone was found dead 10 days later; Police say dogs broke into home to eat his body

The body of an elderly man was found decomposed in his house in Gandhi Nagar in Devarakonda in Nalgonda district, police said on Sunday.

The deceased, identified as Rajagopal Reddy (80), was living alone and was unmarried. His relatives did not reside in the town. Citizens informed the police when a bad smell came from the house. Police entered the building and found the body in an advanced stage of decomposition in a room.

According to Devarakonda circle inspector Venkat Reddy, the death is suspected to have occurred around 10 days ago and remained unnoticed.

Police said the dogs broke into the house and ate most of the body. A case has been registered and investigation is on to determine the cause of death.

Driver died by suicide in the cabin of the truck

Police claimed that a 52-year-old truck driver died by suicide in his truck at Errupalem in Khammam district on Sunday.

The deceased has been identified as Karanam Bharath Kumar, a native of Jaggayyapeta in Andhra Pradesh’s NTR district.

According to the police, Bharath Kumar had parked his truck behind the Ganapathi weighbridge in Errupalem and was waiting to transport a load of eucalyptus. A JCB driver found him dead in the truck cab and alerted the police.

Police stated that the cause of the suicide has not yet been determined. He is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. Following a complaint by the deceased’s son Shamukha, Errupalem police registered a case and are investigating.

284 drivers were caught drunk

Cyberabad Traffic Police caught 284 drivers for drunken driving during its special inspection over the weekend. Most of the offenders were two-wheeler users (247 cases), three were three-wheeler and 34 were four-wheeler. No heavy vehicle drivers were booked.

Police said 223 offenders recorded Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) levels between 36mg and 200mg per 100ml of blood. Another 33 people had BAC levels between 201 mg and 300 mg, while 28 recorded alarmingly high levels between 301 mg and 550 mg.

All those caught will be referred to the courthouse. Between 1 and 6 June, courts decided 164 drunk driving cases: two offenders were given fines and imprisonment, 16 were ordered to do social work in addition to the fine, and 146 were fined.

Zahirabad police catch robbery gang

Zaheerabad district police have arrested two criminals involved in a series of robberies and burglaries in Telangana and Karnataka.

Zaheerabad DSP Saida Nayak said that special teams comprising SHO Hadnur Hanmanth and SI Sujith arrested G. Ashok, a daily wage worker, from Naubad Postchondi Thanda in Bidar district of Karnataka. During interrogation, Ashok confessed to stealing due to lack of money and targeting lonely women along with his colleagues.

Ashok had committed theft in the limits of Chiduguppa, Bemalkhed and Chincholi police stations in Karnataka after he was released on bail on May 18. He then planned robberies in Nyalkal mandal, a border district. On June 1, Ashok, Chauhan and his brother Suresh snatched jewelery from a woman working in a farm near Ramtirth. Later, they committed similar crimes in Hoselli, Metalkunta and Basantpur villages in Zaheerabad district.

Police stopped their bikes at Ganwar junction in Hadnur while they were heading towards a jewelery shop in Zaheerabad. The suspects, who confessed their crimes, were referred to the courthouse with a request for arrest. Nayak said the case was under investigation.

BTech student disappeared from the city

A BTech final year student from Ayalapur, Korutla mandal, Jagtial district went missing in Hyderabad.

Ankam Rahul, who was studying in a private college in Kachiguda, has been missing since May 27, said his father Korutla Rajesh. Rajesh filed a complaint with the Kachiguda police, stating that Rahul had told him that he would do an internship at MVSR College, but did not return.

Rahul’s mother, Korutla Vanita, also informed the police that her son had gone missing from the college on May 27. Based on the complaint, Kachiguda police registered a missing case and is verifying the details with the boy’s hostel mates and college friends.

During investigation, police found that Rahul was last seen on CCTV from Kachiguda railway station platform. Law and order police and railway police are jointly investigating the incident.