Madanapalle couple gets discharged from GHMC

VISAKHAPATNAM: A couple arrested on charges of murdering their two daughters at

Madanapalle

in Chittoor district and

undergoing treatment

at the

Government Hospital for Mental Care

(GHMC) in

Vizag city

were discharged by hospital authorities. The couple will be shifted to the Madanapalle sub-jail on either Monday night or Tuesday morning.

GHMC officials said the couple, V Purushottam Naidu and his wife Padmaja, responded to treatment and have recovered and expressed remorse for committing the crime. A police team, including a sub-inspector and five constables from Madanapalle, came to Vizag and took the couple into custody. They are being taken to Madanapalle by road.

It will be recalled that the couple’s daughters, Alekhya (27) and Sai Divya (22), were found bludgeoned to death at their house in Madanapalle on January 24. The couple were believed to have committed the double murder as part of an occult ritual. They were shifted to GHMC in Vizag on February 3 for treatment.