INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
HYDERABAD: An engineering student beheaded his friend, sliced open his belly and ripped out his heart, before chopping off the private parts
in a macabre act of revenge for allegedly harassing his girlfriend.The victim was a 22-year-old tribal student of Mahatma Gandhi Engineering
College, Nalgonda, and the crime was committed at Pedda Amberpet on the outskirts of Hyderabad on February 18.The grisly details came to the
fore on Friday, when the accused, P Hari Hara Krishna, 21, turned himself in before Abdullapurmet police and confessed to have murdered his
The victim's family members staged protests at the police station on Saturday, demanding justice.During interrogation, police came to know
that the victim, Naveen, and accused Krishna were classmates in their college days in Dilsukhnagar
At that time, Naveen was in love with a girl, but the duo drifted apart two years later after a quarrel
Subsequently, she grew close to Krishna and they have been in a relationship
After the break-up, Naveen allegedly began harassing her by repeatedly calling and messaging her
She told Krishna about her ordeal three months ago and the latter decided to eliminate Naveen, police said.On February 17, the accused
invited Naveen at a get-together
After a meeting at Krishna's house in Dilsukhnagar, they roamed around the city for a few hours
In the evening, Naveen sought to return to his college hostel at Narketpally in Nalgonda
And in the guise of dropping him to the campus, the accused took the victim to a desolate area in Pedda Amberpet.En route, he gulped down
liquor and also purchased a knife, the police said
Krishna then picked up an argument with Naveen in a drunken stupor and strangled him with a rope in the early hours of February 18
After the murder, Krishna chopped off his head and then ripped off his heart by cutting the stomach open
Family members of the victim lodged a missing complaint with Narketpally police of Nalgonda, but the incident came to light only after the
accused surrendered before cops
The accused was arrested on charges of murder, wiping out evidence and violation of SC - ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act
