Rowdy-sheeter shot dead
Fear gripped West Godavari district as a rowdy-sheeter Patchapalli Madhu (45) was shot dead at Gunnapalli village under Dwaraka Tirumala mandal on Saturday night.
- Deceased is identified as Madhu
- Accused in five murder cases
- He was killed by his trusted follower
Eluru: Fear gripped West Godavari district as a rowdy-sheeter Patchapalli Madhu (45) was shot dead at Gunnapalli village under Dwaraka Tirumala mandal on Saturday night. The murder was considered as an indication of spreading of gun culture in the district.
Madhu, who was an accused in at least five murders cases – four in Tadepalligudem and one in Eluru – was allegedly a notorious rowdy in West Godavari district.
According to police, Madhu’s confidante Bande Kali Krishna shot him from the close range with a revolver inside a liquor shop in the village. Madhu, his brother Durga Prasad, brother-in-law Jaganmohana Rao and Kali Krishna, while travelling from Dwaraka Tirumala to Eluru, stopped at a liquor shop near Gunnapalli. When Durga Prasad went out to fetch snacks, Kali Krishna whipped out revolver and shot Madhu in the head. Madhu died instantaneously, the police said.
Kali Krishna fled the scene in a vehicle. He abandoned the vehicle at Nallajerla and escaped.
Previous enmity was said to be motive behind the murder. Madhu was prime accused in the murder of rowdy-sheer Peter Paiboyina Ravi in 2010 and later in the murder of a lawyer also. Madhu and his accomplices were charged with shooting Ravi to death on the court premises when he went to attend the court proceedings in connection with a criminal case, the police said.
