Tirupati: Drunkards who murdered and burnt 33-year-old land in police net

TIRUPATI: In a horrifying incident, a group of three drunkards who were in need of money to buy liquor murdered a 33-year-old and later set his body ablaze at Guntakal in Anantapur district. The incident was reported on February 19 and the Guntakal police who took up investigation into the case arrested the trio within a week on Tuesday and sent them to remand.
Speaking to reporters, Guntakal I town CI Umamaheshwar Reddy said Abdul Basheer who works at a car tinkering shed at Guntakal was found murdered and his body was also torched by miscreants at the mechanic shed itself in the outskirts of the town on February 19.
Police who registered a case and began investigation arrested three persons identified as Vijaya Kumar, Tirupal and Charan in the late hours on Tuesday.
According to Guntakal I town CI, the trio met at Tirupal's house on February 19 and consumed alcohol. After the liquor was over in no time, the trio wanted to buy some more alcohol but none of them had any money on them. The three member gang who set out on to the roads spotted Abdul Basheer counting money and zeroed in onto him.
It was first Charan who grabbed a hammer and hit the head of Abdul Basheer as he collapsed to the ground and fell unconscious. After grabbing all the money Abdul Basheer had in his pockets, the trio poured diesel available at the shed on his body and set Abdul Basheer ablaze and let him die.
The gang who fled away from the spot lavished around Guntakal town before the police managed to arrest them after they surrendered themselves before the local village revenue officer on Tuesday.
Police produced the three accused in the murder case before the local court on Wednesday which sent the trio to remand.