Hyderabad: Four held for auto driver’s murder

HYDERABAD: Four persons have been arrested for their alleged role in the recent murder of an auto driver at Lalaguda. The deceased was an accused in a murder case registered in 2020 and police said that the latest murder is a revenge killing.
The deceased was Ch Rajesh, 39, an auto driver from Moulali. Police arrested R Prem Kumar, 25, R Mahesh, 32, R Sai Kumar, cousins of Nagabhushanam, and their associate, G Shiva Kumar, 24, all private workers from Lalaguda.
“The accused bore a grudge against Rajesh for killing their cousin, R Nagabhushanam, in 2020. They came to know that Rajesh was visiting a friend in Lalaguda on January 13 night. They waited for him and killed him,” Lalaguda inspector K Ravi Kumar said. Two other accused, Vinay and Santhosh, were absconding.