VIJAYAWADA
: Another nine persons involved in the sensational
gang
clashes were traced and arrested by cops at various locations in the city on Wednesday.
The arrested persons include Shaik Hussain (26), Patan Mahaboob Basha (19), Yalaganti Eeswara Rao (21), Nalluri Naveen Babu (25) and Abdul Baaji (25).
According to police sources, these five are associated with Manikanta alias Pandu’s gang.
Four others--S Venkateswara Rao (23), Battineni Anand Krishna (24), Gundu Naga Durga Prasad (22) and K Nagaraju--belong to deceased Thota Sandeep’s gang.
Cops said that two separate cases were filed against them pertaining to the gang clashes that took place on May 30 at Patamata station limits and the new arrested will be associated to the case.
On Wednesday, cops took all the accused who have been arrested so far to the spot where the clashes took place and organised a ‘scene reconstruction’ as part of the investigation.
“Including the nine arrested on Wednesday, the total
arrest
count has increased to 33. Most of them are below 30 years of age and many of them are students,” a senior police official said.
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