University of Hyderabad section officer murder solved, 1 held

HYDERABAD: Police have solved the murder mystery of 56-year-old University of Hyderabad (UoH) employee and arrested a centring worker.
B Sathyanarayana, 56, UoH section officer, was murdered near Himayatsagar on June 6. The Special Operations Team of Cyberabad and Rajendranagar police, scoured CCTV footage and found a man travelling with the victim on the latter’s scooter from a toddy compound in Bandalguda to Himayatsagar.
Police on Sunday arrested Mohammad Azeem and he confessed to have committed the murder.
“The accused and the victim consumed toddy and later on the suggestion of Azeem, went to an isolated place at Himayatsagar to consume some more toddy. After murdering Sathyanarayana, the accused stole his scooter and Rs 4000 cash,” ACP Rajendranagar, Ashok Chakravarthy said.