Rs 10 lakh, 5 acres for kin of murdered Andhra woman

Ananthapuram (Andhra Pradesh), Dec 28 : The Andhra Pradesh government on Monday handed an ex gratia of Rs 10 lakh and five acres of land to the parents of a young woman who was found strangled and burnt to death in Ananthapuram district.
A revenue official handed over the cheque to Snehalatha’s mother Lakshmi Devi this afternoon.
“Devi has also been appointed as a subordinate in the Registration Office, along with grant of 5 cents of land and another 5 acres in Bukkarayasamudram in Siddharampuram mandal,” said the official.
Immediately after the crime, the state had granted a compensation of Rs 4.12 lakh to the family.
Snehalatha, 18, was found murdered on Tuesday night in a field on the Dharmavaram-Anantapuram road near Badannapalli village in the district.
A second-year degree student, she was working part-time at the SBI branch in Dharmavaram for 15 days before her death. She used to explain the benefits of credit cards to bank customers.