Akhila Priya could have harmed victims: police
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Andhra Pradesh’s former minister Bhuma Akhila Priya Reddy was bent upon harming the three Katikaneni brothers, who have been allegedly kidnapped by her associates on Tuesday night, bodily or financially, if she was not arrested, Hyderabad police said in a remand report submitted to a neighborhood court docket.
“The accused are high profile political leaders and they can influence the victims and tamper with the evidence, if they are not arrested,” it mentioned.
The remand report, a duplicate of which is with The Hindu, additionally cited that Akhila Priya’s husband Madhoor Bhargav Ram Naidu, who’s at present absconding, was ‘habituated to crime’ and if not arrested he’ll proceed his actions. All different accused, who have been actively concerned in committing the offence are nonetheless at giant and if Akhila Priya shouldn’t be arrested, she’s going to talk investigation growth to them and won’t hesitate to hold out bodily assaults on the victims’ household, the report learn. Earlier to the accused had trespassed into the property of the victims.
A senior officer related to the investigation of the case mentioned that groups have been deployed to nab Bhargav Ram, Srinivas Choudhary alias Guntur Srinu and others.
“We believe Bhargav Ram did not leave Hyderabad, and is taking shelter at one of his friends’ place here, while other people who carried out the kidnapping went back to Andhra Pradesh in two groups,” he mentioned.
The officer mentioned that Bhargav was continuously coordinating with the advocates to get his spouse out on bail.
In 2016, Katikaneni Praveen Rao and one in all his six brothers had bought 25 acres of land close to Hafeezpet, which was mediated by TDP chief AV Subba Reddy with the help of the late Bhuma Nagi Reddy, Akhila Priya’s father.
“Two years ago, Praveen Rao paid a huge sum to Subba Reddy and settled the issue, but as the market value of that land parcel shot up drastically, both Subba Reddy and Akhila Priya started harassing the victims for their share,” the officer mentioned.
As Praveen was not prepared to provide more cash or share within the land, the previous minister and her husband hatched a conspiracy to threaten them by kidnapping, the officer mentioned. “And as part of their plan, they engaged Guntur Srinu, Sai, Chanti, Prakash and others to carry out the offence.”
The investigators additionally suspect that Akhila Priya conceived the plan to kidnap Praveen Rao and his brothers 5 months in the past, and was ready for the precise time to execute it.
As a part of the plan, Guntur Srinu recceed the realm incessantly and was as soon as caught by the Bowenpally police whereas driving an SUV with a pretend quantity plate. “When questioned, Srinu said he changes the number plates often fearing threat to his life from the rivals of a person with whom he was employed,” the police mentioned. Teams have been al despatched to Allagadda and different locations in Andhra Pradesh to nab the abductors.
