Kushaiguda inspector L. Bhaskar Reddy said Sai Kumar -was apprehended near the ECIL bus stop and sent to Cherlapally jail.
Hyderabad: The Kushaiguda police on Sunday arrested Sai Kumar for murdering his father Mogi in broad daylight in Kushaiguda on Saturday. A video showed Kumar stabbing Mogi over 20 times, and then repeatedly attacking him when the victim tried to get up.
Kushaiguda inspector L. Bhaskar Reddy said Sai Kumar -was apprehended near the ECIL bus stop and sent to Cherlapally jail.
“Sai Kumar said was vexed by his father’s drinking habits. They had financial issues too,” the inspector said.
Police said that after the murder on the footpath of a busy road, Sai Kumar waited at the crime scene for over an hour to confirm his father’s death. He was about to board a bus to escape when the police apprehended him.
Mogi’s body was sent to the Gandhi Hospital mortuary for postmortem examination and later handed over to his family.
