Four arrested for murder in Mailardevpally

Four persons were arrested for allegedly assaulting and murdering an unidentified man at a decorator’s godown in Mailardevpally on June 24, police said.

The arrested accused are Balaji, 39, Nayan Mandal, 23, Uttam Bera alias Pintu, 35, and Prem Parihar, 26.

According to the police, the body of an unidentified man was found on the morning of June 25 at a godown at Pallecheruvu under the Mailardevpally police station limits.

During the investigation, police found that the man had allegedly entered the godown around midnight on June 24 under the influence of alcohol and was moving around suspiciously. Labourers at the premises intercepted and questioned him. Police said the man allegedly failed to provide a satisfactory explanation and behaved aggressively, following which some of the labourers assaulted him and confined him inside the godown. He later died inside the premises.

Based on a complaint, the Mailardevpally police registered a case under Section 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and launched an investigation. The four accused were traced, arrested and produced before a court.