Hyderabad, Feb 17 : A couple practicing law in the Telangana High Court was brutally murdered in broad daylight by unidentified persons in Peddapalli district on Wednesday.
Gattu Vamana Rao and his wife Gattu Nagamani, who were returning in a car to Hyderabad after appearing for a case in a local court at Manthani, were waylaid and stabbed indiscriminately by unidentified persons near Kalwacheral in Ramagiri mandal.
Police shifted the couple to a hospital at Peddapalli where they died while undergoing treatment.
Visuals which went viral on social media show Vamana Rao (53) lying in a pool of blood on the road while vehicles were seen passing by. His wife Nagamani (50) was lying badly injured in the car.
Some passersby reached closed to Rao, who reportedly took the name of ‘Kunta Srinivas’, said to be a local leader of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS).
Police took the driver of the advocate couple into custody and began questioning him. Police also sealed several routes to stop assailants from escaping.
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