HYDERABAD: A 48-year-old farmer, who wanted to help his younger sibling by mortgaging the family-owned agricultural land and bail him out of a case, was hacked to death by his two other brothers in Tangutur village in Rangareddy’s Shankarpally mandal on Friday.
The accused are in police custody, with a murder case booked against them.
S Yadaiah had four siblings — Paramaiah, Pandu, Raju and Srinivas. His elder brother Paramaiah died a few months ago due to ill-health, while Raju was convicted in a stalking case recently. Yadaiah wanted to provide legal help to Raju by mortgaging the two-acre farmland. However, Pandu and Srinivas opposed this idea.
On Friday morning, Pandu went to Yadaiah’s house while he was about to go to work in the fields. “Pandu called Yadaiah to come to their old house where Srinivas was waiting to discuss the land issue. After reaching the house, Pandu sprinkled chilli powder in Yadaiah’s eyes and hit him on his head with a stick. Srinivas attacked his brother with an axe, killing him on the spot,” said inspector G Gopinath.
After killing Yadaiah, his brothers took the pattadar passbooks of the land from his pocket and fled. “Yadaiah tried to reason with them that they could recover the legal fee from Raju after his release by disposing his share of the land. But, Pandu and Srinivas did not agree to this,” the inspector said.