Police nab 14 suspects Vemavaram twin murders

Ongole: The Prakasam police arrested 14 persons in relation to the twin murders that happened at Vemavaram village in Ballikurava mandal in Prakasam district on May 19.Gorantla Anjaiah and Vegineni Ramakoteswara Rao died. while and three people were injured in the attack by Malempati Venkateswarlu, Gottipati Maruthi Babu, Malempati Lakshminarayana and others. The police registered case under various sections of IPC and Arms Act. The Prakasam district SP Dr CM Trivikrama Varma appointed four teams to investigate the case and arrest the persons involved.

On Friday, Guntur range IG N Sanjay paraded the accused before media and exhibited the weapons they used to kill the two persons before submitting them before court. “The accused and deceased have a rivalry regarding land and mining lease issues in the village. The local SI and intelligence department failed to sense the intensity of their rivalry and possible attacks between them.

The accused sprayed chilli powder on the victims, who were returning from a marriage and attacked them with sticks and sickles,” he said The police also found that the accused Malempati Venkateswarlu was also accused in the murder of one Sambaiah in 1989. They said that two more persons, Tella Rajesh and Gottipati Nagaiah were still absconding and a search was going on for them.