The city police, on Saturday, arrested the four local TRS leaders who set ablaze a 40-year-old watchman, when they tried to flee. The watchman succumbed to burn injuries on Friday in Old Bowenpally.
4 held for Setting Watchman on fire
TRS leaders who were arrested, have been identified as T Madhava Reddy, S Madhava Reddy, J Surender Reddy and car driver D Naresh Singh. All the four accused have reportedly set ablaze the watchman Y Sharanappa (48) for objecting to their entry into a disputed property owned by Prakash Reddy on December 7.
Sharanappa who sustained 40 percent burn injuries died on Friday night at Gandhi Hospital. The two Madhava Reddys were accused of sexual assualt against the watchman’s wife. The accused went absconding after the incident and were travelling to other states to escape from getting an arrest.
Thumukunta Madhava Reddy along with his associates S Madhav Reddy, Surendar and 13 others demolished the compound wall of a property (Plot Nos. 103 to 106 in Shiva Enclave, Old Bowenpally), while the watchman opposed them. They also thrashed the security guard and tried to outrage the modesty of his wife, who is guarding the property. She lodged a complaint against the four, who were booked. The victim Sharanappa who was residing in the watchman’s house also spoke against the accused.
S Madhava Reddy who was residing in the street felt insulted after Sharanappa raised his voice against the former. Developing grudge over him, the accused along with T Madhava Reddy in an inebriated state plotted a revenge killing.
On December 6, T. Madhava Reddy bought petrol from a petrol bunk in Asuhashapur, Ghatkesar. In the early hours of December 7, the four reached the disputed property. While S. Madhava Reddy and Jakkula Surender Reddy waited in a four-wheeler, T Madhava Reddy set the watchman ablaze.
Hyderabad police commissioner Anjani Kumar said, “On intimation, a patrol of the Bowen-pally station rushed to the spot and shifted the injured watchman to Gandhi Hospital. The watchman succumbed on December 13.”
Meanwhile, the four were arrested on Saturday near the Secunderabad Railway Station while they tried to give the slip.
