House owner kills burglar in Hyderabad
Ramu was staying in the Indiramma Huts area near IDPL and was a labourer.
Hyderabad: A 20-year-old youth was allegedly murdered by the owner of a house in Balanagar.
Police said the victim, P. Ramu, entered one Ramulu’s house and thinking that he had entered the house for theft, Ramulu hit him with an iron rod.
Ramu was staying in the Indiramma Huts area near IDPL and was a labourer. A. Ramulu, who works in the vegetable market in Balanagar, also stays in the same area. He usually goes to work in the evening and comes home at around midnight.
On Wednesday midnight, when he returned home he found Ramu inside his house dismantling the TV and music system.
“Thinking that he was trying to steal Ramulu beat him up severely,” Balanagar inspector P. Bikshapathi Rao said.
Ramu collapsed, but Ramulu beat him for around 30 minutes. Later, he called Ramu’s friends and handed him over. Ramu died due to internal injuries.
A murder case was registered and the body was handed over to the family after post-mortem. A manhunt has been launched to nab Ramulu.