Police invoke PD Act against six involved in murder of CPI State Council member

Hyderabad City Police person invoked the Preventive Detention (PD) Act against six men progressive successful the premeditated daylight sidesplitting of CPI State Council subordinate and tribal person Kethavath Chandu Rathod astatine Shalivahana Nagar GHMC Park successful Malakpet connected July 15, 2025, arsenic portion of what officials described arsenic a decisive measurement to support nationalist order.

The accused are Donthi Rajesh, 48, Kumba Yedukondalu, 35, Atmakuri Srinu, 45, Kandukuri Prashanth, 30, Arjun Gnana Prakash, 26, and Lingibedi Rambabu, 30.

The Preventive Detention orders were issued by Commissioner of Police V. C. Sajjanar and executed by Malakpet ACP K. Subbarami Reddy nether the supervision of South East Zone DCP S. Chaitanya Kumar, with enactment from the Malakpet constabulary team.

In a abstracted case, the Preventive Detention Act was besides invoked against Syed Abdul Basith, 23, a habitual offender progressive successful aggregate instances of intersexual battle connected minors successful the limits of Madannapet and Dabeerpura wrong a year. The orders were issued by the Commissioner and executed by the South East Zone squad with assistance from Dabeerpura Police.

Police said some actions bespeak the department’s continued absorption connected curbing habitual and convulsive offenders who airs a menace to nationalist safety, peculiarly minors.