Siblings hacked to death in revenge killing

Hyderabad: Two members of a family were hacked to death at Hazarigudem village in Nalgonda district in the early hours of Monday. Police said the double murder was an act of revenge killing as one of the victims was an accused in a murder case. The accused reportedly planned the assault expecting all three brothers of the family to be at home on Raksha Bandhan day to meet their sister.
The victims were identified as J Satyanarayana, 38, a private electrical contractor, and his brother J Anjaneyulu alias Anji, 30, a garments store owner from Hazarigudem. According to Halia police, the victims were sleeping at their homes in Hazarigudem when about six to seven assailants attacked them with talwars (swords) and hunting sickles between 3am and 3.30am.
“Satyanarayana, who was sleeping on a cot in front of his house, was killed first. His brother Anji, who heard the noise and came out of the adjacent house, was attacked next. Both of them died on the spot,” Miryalaguda deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Venkateswara Rao said.
Police suspect the double murder could be a revenge for a similar gruesome killing that took place on February 5 in the neighboring Halia village. Milk vendor Revanth Kumar, 22, was hacked to death by a group of assailants at Halia in the early hours of February 5.
Revanth died while his parents, Indiramma and Srinivas, were trying to shift him to hospital. Police named six persons, including Anji, his younger brother Hari, also a garments store owner from Halia, and four others as accused in the case. “Hari suspected Revanth was having an affair with his wife and murdered him with the help of other accused,” Nalgonda superintendent of police (SP) AV Ranganath said.
Hari, who is the main accused in Revanth’s murder case, got conditional bail in June third week. On Monday, he was supposed to appear before court in relation to the bail. Police suspect that Revanth’s mother Indiramma along with her relatives and some hired assassins planned to kill all the three brothers as she expected them to be at home for Rakhi festival.
“Anji and Satyanarayana were at home, but Hari, who has been staying in Hyderabad, did not come to the village. The victim’s family members said they saw Indiramma along with the assailants near their house,” police said.
The accused were on the run and police launched a manhunt to nab them.