Techie killed for seeking loan back, body buried in house in Andhra Pradesh

A 30-year-old software engineer who went missing from Attibele was found murdered and buried at his cousin’s house in Andhra Pradesh.

The deceased has been identified as Srinath, a resident of Kuppam in Andhra Pradesh and a resident of Nerluru near Attibele. Srinath worked in a technology company and lived with his wife and four-year-old daughter.

Attibele police, on the basis of a missing case, traced the suspect and arrested Prabhakar, a plumber and Srinath’s cousin, and his friend Jagadish, a distant relative, from their hometown on Monday.

An investigation revealed that Prabhakar had borrowed ₹40 lakh from Srinath with the promise of investing the money and providing him with high returns, but he failed to even repay the principal amount. When Srinath recently demanded his money back, Prabhakar allegedly hatched a plan to eliminate him, police said.

He called Srinath to Kuppam and said he would return the money. Srinath informed his wife and left for Prabhakar’s house. After reaching the house, Srinath again asked Prabhakar to return the money. Prabhakar allegedly took a hammer and hit Srinath on the head, killing him on the spot, police said.

With the help of his friend Jagadish, Prabhakar dug a hole in the same house, buried the body and covered it. He then pretended not to know anything when Srinath’s wife asked about his whereabouts.

When Srinath did not return home after two days, his wife filed a missing complaint at the Attibele police station. Based on her complaint, the police picked up the duo for questioning and during interrogation, Prabhakar and Jagadish gave contradictory statements.

Under persistent interrogation, the duo confessed to the murder and revealed that the body was buried in the house in Kuppam.

A team of Attibele police along with the Kuppam Tahsildar visited the spot and exhumed the buried body. The suspects have been arrested and further investigations are underway.