Couple sentenced for life in triple murder case

Visakhapatnam: The Fourth Additional District Judge G Gopi on Friday sentenced a couple - Y Chinna Rao and his wife Y Rekha - to life term on charges of triple murder case. The judge also imposed a fine of Rs 5, 000. Additional Public Prosecutor N Sanyasi Rao said that Rekha, with the support of her husband Chinna Rao, murdered her father K Lakshminarayana and his second wife K Mahalakshmi and their daughter K Dhana (10) on June 5, 2010 following family and property disputes at Simhachalam area in Vishakapatnam.

The couple also attempted to kill Lakshminarayana’s son K Santhosh. Lakshminarayana was a resident of Makavaram area in Srikakulam district while Rekha was Lakshminarayana first wife’s daughter. Lakshminarayana’s first wife Bodamma died in an accident after a under construction building collapsed on her.

Later Lakshminarayana married Mahalakshmi in 1995 and the couple has two children Santhosh and Dhana. As per the reports, Lakshminarayana got Rs 2 lakh as compensation for the death of his first wife Bodamma and Chinna Rao. Rekha demanded an Rs 50,000 from the said amount.

After he declined to give the couple money, Rekha and her husband developed grudge and later killed Lakshminarayana, Mahalakshmi and Dhana in Simhachalam area.