8 held for murder of builder in Nellore

Nellore: In a major breakthrough, the Nawabpet police on Friday cracked the mystery behind the recent sensational murder of a builder, Nellore Sirish, 37, of Kovur in the busy Atmakur bus stand area at about 8 pm on October 5. 

According to the Nellore town Dy SP, N.M.B. Murali Krishna, Sirish’s former partner, Sadepalli Sobhan Kumar of Nellore, unable to bear Sirish’s success in the real estate business, devised the plan to eliminate him. To murder Sirish, he hired nine persons through his advisor Bhupati and his friend Arava Surendra. 

Sobhan organised a meeting on September 29, 2018 with the accused persons and gave them details of Sirish’s movements. Based on the information, the accused prepared a plan to kill Sirish and followed him on October 4 evening, but in vain. 

They could not execute the plan due to some unavoidable circumstances on that day. Armed with beer bottles and iron rods, the nine  persons hired by Sobhan followed Sirish in motorcycles when he was riding a Royal Enfield bike on October 5 evening and attacked him near the Atmakur bus stand. 

The goons, wearing masks, hit him on the head with beer bottles and iron rods and left the scene after confirming that he was dead. All of them celebrated his death by consuming drinks at a liquor shop at the 4th mile and shifted their base to a deserted house in Rajiv Gruha Kalpa for hiding. Sobhan paid Rs 8 lakh to the offenders and left for Chennai along with his advisor Bhupati. 

The police, who suspected the role of Sobhan behind the murder, caught him on October 11 night soon after he returned from Chennai. He spilled the beans when the police grilled him. Based on the information give by him, the police arrested eight persons including Bhupathi and are on the lookout for others. 

Sharing the details of the case with media persons here on Friday, Murali Krishna, said that Nawabpeta CI Venkat Rao and his team played a key role in the investigation and arrest of the accused.