Title - Two arrested for murder of SCR employee

Two persons were arrested for the murder of a 45-year-old South Central Railway (SCR) employee by the Shamshabad police on Tuesday.
    Police found the partially charred body of Sadguna, an SCR worker from Lalaguda, at a teak plantation in Tondupally near Shamshabad on September 19. Preliminary investigation revealed that Sadguna’s husband Rangaiah had passed away in 2003 and she got his job on compassionate grounds. On further probe, police discovered that Sadguna was having an affair with her husband’s colleague K Komaraiah, 56, a railway keyman from Nandigam in Mahabubnagar.
    As part of the investigation, police took Komaraiah into custody for questioning. On interrogation, he confessed to have murdered Sadguna with the help of a friend, K Narasimha. Komaraiah told police that Sadguna had been blackmailing him for money which prompted him to kill her. “According to Komaraiah, he had purchased a bike for Sadguna’s son a few months ago and she recently began blackmailing him saying that she will tell his wife about their affair if he fails to give her Rs 50,000. Unable to take the pressure from Sadguna anymore, Komaraiah decided to kill her,” Samshabad inspector C Anjaiah said.
    Komaraiah confessed that he sought his friend Narsaiah’s help to kill Sadguna. He took Sadguna to the teak plantation on September 18 saying that they would consume liquor there. “Narasimha was already waiting at the plantation with liquor and after Sadguna became intoxicated, the duo throttled her and then threw acid on her face,” the inspector added.
    Based on Komaraiah’s confession, police arrested Narasimha and the duo was remanded in judicial custody.