The crime happened on February 18, 2023 at Pedda Amberpet on the outskirts of Hyderabad. During interrogation, police came to know that the victim, Naveen, and the accused, Krishna were classmates in a college located in Dilsukhnagar.
The accused, Krishna is 21 years old. The victim, Naveen was 22 years old and was studying at Mahatma Gandhi Engineering College in Nalgonda.
During their college time, Naveen was dating a girl. Due to some differences, they both got separated after dating for over 2 years. Thereafter, the girl started dating Krishna.
Naveen however reportedly started harassing the girl with continuous messages and calls. She told all of this to Krishna who then planned to take revenge.
The accused invited Naveen for a get-together at his house on February 17. After roaming for a few hours in the city, the accused offered the victim to drop him off at his college hostel in Nalgonda.
The police said that on the way to the college hostel, Krishna consumed liquor and purchased a knife too.
Early hours of February 18, both of them got into a heated argument which was followed by Krishna strangling Naveen with a rope. Krishna strangled Naveen to death. Post this, Krishna beheaded the victim, ripped off his heart, and also chopped his private parts and threw them.
Krishna has been arrested by police Family of the victim had filed a missing complaint at Nalgonda police station. But the incident caught everyone’s attention only after Krishna, the accused surrendered himself to the Abdullapurmet police on account of killing Naveen. Naveen was arrested on charges of murder and wiping out all the evidences.
(Input from various media sources)