Visakhapatnam, Nov 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The City police shifted Akhil Sai Venkat, an accused in the murder of a 17-year-old girl, to the Central jail on Tuesday.
Venkat, a law student and resident of Chittinaidu colony, had allegedly slit the girl's throat after a heated argument with her on Sunday. The girl bled to death.
He had called the girl, an intermediate student, to a nearby Sai Baba temple. Though she was busy with wedding preparations in the family, Venkat managed to meet the girl, a resident of Srinagar Colony in Gajuwaka, said the police.
Meanwhile, it was confirmed that Venkat's father had been a rowdy-sheeter. "Venkat's father had a rowdy-sheet opened against him in the past," confirmed Visakhapatnam police commissioner Manish Kumar Sinha to IANS.
Police are gathering more information about the family of the accused.
The state government gave an ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh as compensation to the girl's family. Home Minister Mekathoti Suchairta and senior officials visited the victim's family.
Source: IANS
About Gopi
Gopi Adusumilli is a Programmer. He is the editor of SocialNews.XYZ and President of AGK Fire Inc.
He enjoys designing websites, developing mobile applications and publishing news articles on current events from various authenticated news sources.
When it comes to writing he likes to write about current world politics and Indian Movies. His future plans include developing SocialNews.XYZ into a News website that has no bias or judgment towards any.
He can be reached at gopi@socialnews.xyz