NRI industrialist Chigurupati Jayaram murder: Nampally court convicts main accused

Hyderabad: In its verdict on Monday, the Nampally sessions court convicted K. Rakesh Reddy, the main accused in the murder of NRI businessman Chigrupati Jayaram in January 2019 and sentenced him.

The first additional metropolitan sessions judge K. Kusha found Rakesh Reddy guilty of charges relating to murder and cruelty.

The court concluded that Rakesh Reddy had conspired and committed the murder. Later, after examining the evidence and hearing the arguments, the court acquitted the other 11 accused, including the three police officers.

The first additional metropolitan sessions court will pronounce the quantum of sentence to Rakesh Reddy on 9 March.

The murder case

In 2019, NRI Chigurupati Jayaram was brutally murdered. His body was found in a car near Nandigama in Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh. They left the car along with Jayaram’s dead body on the side of the road.

There were allegations that Jayaram was killed due to financial transactions. There was a rumour that a controversy had erupted in the TV channel affair. The police filed a charge sheet in the murder case of Chigurupati Jayaram, revealing shocking facts. They named 12 members as accused, including Rakesh Reddy as the main accused and Vishal as the second accused.

Further, the police also named three police officers—the then ACP of Ibrahimpatnam S. Malla Reddy and inspectors Srinivasulu and Rambabu—in the list of accused and said on their advice, the prime accused shifted the body of Jayaram to the Nandigama police station limits and tried to make it look like an accident.