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The constabulary connected Monday (December 01, 2025) arrested 4 persons for their engagement successful the alleged abduction and execution of husbandman Medari Pullaiah, 65, successful Nandyal.
The Nandyal municipality constabulary said that Pullaiah, who lived unsocial successful VC Colony successful Nandyal, was reported missing connected November 15. His son, Chinthala Aditya Prasad, residing successful Bengaluru, had been incapable to scope him implicit the telephone and lodged a ailment connected November 19 aft uncovering some his father’s location and the gross to the cultivation fields locked and the CCTV footage missing from the location premises.
After registering a missing case, the constabulary traced Pullaiah’s highly decomposed assemblage connected November 29 connected the banks of Kundu River adjacent the Tellapuri–Banganapalli stretch. A blunt wounded connected the forehead confirmed foul play, and the victim’s lad identified the body.
The constabulary said that the accused identified arsenic Bhojanala Dhanunjaya (35), Gangadhara Raghava (33), Besta Srikanth (22) and Katepogu Santosh (20) of Nandyal conspired to execution the aged antheral aft noticing his assets. Dhanunjaya developed an acquaintance with the unfortunate portion assisting successful the merchantability of his Deva Nagar house. He masterminded the execution to usurp the spot and roped successful the others with the committedness of payment.
The pack abducted Pullaiah connected November 14 utilizing a hired SUV, took him to Bhogeshwaram temple successful Gadivemula mandal, and demanded ₹25 lakh. When helium refused, the accused allegedly strangled him with a rope, assaulted him connected the chest, and deed him connected the forehead with the extremity of the weapon handle, sidesplitting him connected the spot.
The constabulary recovered a knife, 2 DVRs, a laptop and documents. The accused were remanded and further probe is underway.
