13-year-old boy drowns in lake

Hyderabad: A 13-year-old Class VII student, who went to a lake to learn swimming, was found floating in the water at Gogyanaik thanda of Doma mandal in Vikarabad district on Monday.

The deceased, Nenavath Balaji, was staying in Badlapur of Doma mandal.

On Sunday, Balaji along with his friends went to Kakareni lake to learn swimming. Balaji went deep into the water and drowned. Seeing this, his friends ran away from the place. Noticing that their son had not returned, Balaji’s parents searched the entire area but in vain.

On Monday, locals noticed his body floating in the lake and informed his parents. Later, the police were informed. They registered a suspicious death case.

2 killed in road mishap on NH 44

Hyderabad: A 70-year-old man and his grandson died on the spot after the car in which they were travelling rammed into a divider. Later, the vehicle hit a RTC bus coming from the opposite direction on national highway 44 at Macharam village of Jadcherla on Monday.

The deceased were identified as Venkat Reddy, 70 and his grandson Munnu, 20, residents of Mahbubnagar district.

According to police, the two along with a woman were travelling from Hyderabad to Mahbubnagar on Monday. As the car reached Macharam village, a tyre got punctured and the driver lost balance and rammed the vehicle into a divider. As a result of the impact, it was tossed in the air and hit a RTC bus coming from the opposite direction. Venkat Reddy and Munnu died on the spot, while the woman sustained serious injuries. The Jadcherla police registered a case and shifted the bodies to the government hospital for postmortem.

2 get 3 years RI for duping bank

Hyderabad:The XXI Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, sentenced two persons K. Siva Rama Krishna and N. Mohan Reddy to three years’ RI and slapped a fine of Rs.30,000 in a bank fraud case.

The CBI had registered the instant case on August 1, 2013 based on a complaint by IDBI Bank’s specialised corporate branch, Hyderabad, The bank said that accused firm Siva Constructions, represented by its then proprietor, Siva Rama Krishna; the then empaneled valuer of the bank and the then CA had used corrupt and illegal means to avail of credit facilities from IDBI Bank. They had submitted inflated valuation report and false network certificates, the complainant said. The accused had caused wrongful loss to the bank to the tune of Rs.10.19 crore.

After completion of investigation, a chargesheet was filed by CBI on June 5, 2014, including against those convicted and sentenced by the court.

Murder accused gets life sentence

Hyderabad: The Malkajgiri Court on Monday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for murdering his co-worker. Timely action taken made by the Rachakonda police in investigating the murder and conducting legal proceedings led to life imprisonment of the accused within 12 months.

The accused Kabi Chandra, 38, had murdered Bablu Bada Nayak under Keesara police station limits on March 10, 2024.

Police said that after a heated argument with Nayak at the workplace, the same night, Chandra went to the victim's house and stabbed him to death.

“We acted swiftly on the complaint lodged by the victim's family and registered a case under Section 302 of the IPC and arrested the accused, then Keesera police station SHO Venkataiah said. We collected the evidence and produced the chargesheet on time during the prosecution, the police officer said.

Rachakonda police commissioner Sudhir Babu congratulated the Keesara police team for their prompt investigation.

Businessman's car stolen from parking

Hyderabad: A businessman’s high-end car was stolen from a parking lot within the jurisdiction of Panjagutta Police Station.

According to sub-inspector G. Naresh Kumar of the Panjagutta police, the car owner, V. Prasad, had parked his vehicle in front of the Central Book Shop in Begumpet on Sunday night before going inside to purchase books.

Upon returning, Prasad discovered that his car had been stolen and immediately filed a complaint with the Panjagutta police.

“We have registered a case based on Prasad’s complaint. Our special teams are currently reviewing CCTV footage, and we are confident that we will soon arrest the thief and recover the stolen vehicle,” said SI Naresh.