23-year-old driver killed in Karimnagar district

HYDERABAD: A 23-year-old driver was bludgeoned to death by offenders near his house in Veenavanka of Karimnagar district on Tuesday. The victim was in love with a woman from his own community and the family members alleged that his lover’s brother was behind the murder.
The deceased was identified as N Pranay, 23, a tractor driver from Potireddypally village in Veenavanka mandal of Karimnagar district.Around 10pm on Monday, Pranay left his house and did not return. On Tuesday morning, family members found his body in the bushes near their house at a plot.
“Unknown offenders attacked Pranay on his head with a blunt object. He died on the spot,” Veenavanka SI Kiran Reddy said. Police shifted the body for post-mortem examination and registered a murder case under Section 302 of the IPC. TNN