Hyderabad: Naveen murder case cracked; ex-girlfriend among 2 more held

Hyderabad: Police arrested two more accused in the Naveen murder case in Hyderabad under Abdullapurmet police station limits, Rachakonda commissionerate, on Monday,. Earlier, police had nabbed the main accused Hari Hara Krishna.

The two accused have been identified as Prabhaliti Hassain, and Katta Niharika who are the associates of Hari Hara Krishna. They have been charged with abetting the crime and destroying evidence. They will be produced before the court.

Friends from intermediate:

While Krishna is pursuing engineering at Aurora Engineering college in Hyderabad, Naveen was a final-year engineering student at the University College of Engineering, Mahatma Gandhi University, Nalgonda. They both were class 12 batchmates at a private junior college in Dilshuknagar. The duo was in love with Niharika. After the breakup with Naveen, the girl got closer to Harihara Krishna. However, Naveen was attempting to reach out to the girl, which made Krishna jealous.

The case:

On February 17, P Hari Hara Krishna offered N Naveena a ride on his motorcycle. When they reached the Abdullapurmet area, the accused took Naveen to the bushy area near Rama Devi Public School with the intention to eliminate him. The discussion about Naveen's girlfriend issue turned into an altercation which resulted in the murder. Hari Hara Krishna strangled Naveen to death. He later chopped off his body parts with a knife.

Supported by his friend:

On the same night, the accused went to the house of his friend Hassain at Brahmanapally. He informed him of the matter and sought his help in disposing of the chopped body parts. Both of them went to the outskirts of Manneguda and threw away the bag containing body parts.

Involvement of Niharika:

On February 18, Hari Hara Krishna met Niharika at Hastinapuram and took Rs. 1,500 from her for his expenses. They both were in regular contact over the phone. On February 20 evening, Hari Hara Krishna took Niharika on his bike and showed her the crime scene from a distance.

Surrendered to police:

Rachakonda police commissioner D S Chauhan said Hari Hara Krishna decided to surrender before the police. Before surrendering, he wanted to cremate the body. He met his friend Hassian who collected the head of the deceased from the place where it was thrown earlier and handed it over to the main accused.

"In this process, Hari Hara Krishna has acted according to the guidance of Hassain in shifting and burning some of the body parts of the deceased at the main crime scene", said the Commissioner.

Deleted phone conversation:

Hari Hara Krishna and Niharika deleted phone conversations and messages on their mobile phones. Later, in the evening, he surrendered at Abdullapurmet Police Station.

"In the case, Hassain co-operated in shifting the body parts of the deceased to the main crime scene and also provided shelter to him after the offence. Both of them did not inform the matter to friends and relatives of the deceased when they inquired about him," said the Commissioner.

On February 24, the main accused was arrested and produced before the court. He was remanded to custody.

The arrests were made under the supervision of Rachakonda police commissioner D S Chauhan, Joint CP V. Satyanarayana, DCP LB nagar zone Sai Sri.