SRIKAKULAM: With the arrest of seven persons, including three members of an inter-state supari gang, Srikakulam district police foiled a murder plot.
Three country-made firearms, including two pistols, three loaded magazines (21 rounds), one empty magazine, 15 live rounds, one car, three bikes, nine mobile phones, and a few other items were recovered from the possession of the accused.
The arrested persons were identified as A Srinivasa Rao, R Chandra Sekhar, K Dharma Rao, and K Srinivasa Rao, all natives of Srikakulam district, along with Md Iqbal, Rajaq Khan, Md Aamir, and Niranjan Kumar Paswan from Bihar.Superintendent of Police of Srikakulam district, KV Maheswara Reddy, said a group of people hired a supari gang to eliminate B Nagaraju, a native of Chinnabadam village of Palasa mandal in the district, over claims of dominance in the village.
He appreciated the timely action of the police in averting a major and sensational incident in the district.Nagaraju is the leader of one group in Chinnabadam village, while Dharma Rao leads another group.
There are differences between them over village supremacy and other issues such as real estate business and land disputes. Believing that Nagaraju would emerge as a powerful leader in the village, Dharma Rao and his henchmen decided to eliminate Nagaraju to establish their supremacy.
In October, Dharma Rao and his team opted to hire a supari gang from Bihar to execute the murder.Srinivasa Rao and Krishna Rao contacted the contract killer gang members, Md Iqbal, Md Aamir, and Niranjan Paswan of Bihar state, and made a deal with them for Rs10 lakh and another Rs2.5 lakh for purchasing weapons.
When Srinivasa Rao, Chandra Sekhar, and two members of the supari gang with firearms were waiting on the outskirts of Chinnabadam to eliminate Nagaraju on December 20, the police nabbed the four members and recovered the firearms from them. Later, the police apprehended three more accused persons.
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