NRI businessman Chigurupati Jayaram’s murder case: More people involved, say police

HYDERABAD: During the second day of interrogation of the two accused in

NRI businessman Chigurupati Jayaram’s murder case

, police found that more people were involved. It was found that at least one more person was present at the house of the main accused Rakesh Reddy when Jayaram was killed and a few others, including a TV mimicry artiste, had helped Rakesh in bringing the victim to his flat for extorting money.




On Thursday, West Zone DCP AR Srinivas and

Banjara Hills

ACP K S Rao visited Rakesh Reddy’s flat on Road Number 10, Jubilee Hills where the murder took place. Rakesh Reddy and the second accused, Srinivas, a watchman, were also brought to the flat for the recreation of the crime scene. Cops also questioned Jayaram’s niece Sikha Chowdary and employees of Jayaram’s business entity Coastal Bank for about seven hours at Banjara Hills police station till 8 pm.

Task Force police picked up seven suspects including a

history-sheeter

of SR Nagar police station Nagesh, his friend Vishal and some real estate businessman in relation to the case for questioning.

It has emerged that Rakesh entrapped Jayaram with the help of a mimicry artiste, Surya, by making him talk to Jayaram. Surya told him that a woman would like to meet him at a flat in Jubilee Hills. Surya brought the victim to Rakesh’s flat at Jubilee Hills on January 30, after which Rakesh, with the help of Srinivas and two other persons including Nagesh, threatened Jayaram and forced him to call people for money.

“ayaram was smothered with a pillow by Rakesh while Srinivas held his legs. We have to verify the exact role of Nagesh and his friends like Vishal,” said a police officer probing the case.

Though

Krishna district

police said Rakesh claimed to have given Rs 4.17 crore to Jayaram and a part of it was transferred to the bank accounts, West Zone police could not find the money trail. Police are now verifying if Rakesh had lied. Rakesh’s call data records also indicated that he spoke to more cops after the murder, however, the DCP denied the allegations.

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