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Friend arrested in sweet shop owner’s murder case:

The murder of a sweet shop owner, Ram Singh, of Tagarpuvalasa was cracked by a special police team here on Tuesday. The police arrested his close friend David Ravi Prasad (39) of Tagarpuvalasa for allegedly killing Ram Singh. Financial dealings are suspected to be the motive behind the murder.

Ram Singh (28), a native of Rajasthan, was brutally murdered on Friday night and his body with throat slit open was found on Saturday morning at Vellanki village in Anandapuram mandal.

The deceased, apart from running a sweet shop in Tagarpuvalasa, was doing petty seasonal business such as selling crackers during Deepavali and taking sub-lease of newly released cinemas.

According to D. Ravi Babu, ACP of Madhurwada, the accused does a shamiana supply and some petty business and both had become good friends. In course of time both had landed in some financial crisis. To come out of it, Ram Singh had proposed David to contact some fake currency racketeer so that they could get fake currency to the tune of Rs. 5 lakh by paying about Rs. 2 lakh.

On Friday, Ram Singh called up David informing that he had arranged about Rs. 1.8 lakh. David convinced Ram Singh that he had contacted a fake currency gang and asked Ram Singh to accompany him to a real estate venture site at around 8 p.m.

“While pillion riding Ram Singh’s two-wheeler to the spot, David allegedly hit him on the head with a rod that he was carrying in a bag. After, Ram Singh fell unconscious, David slit his throat with a knife,” said Mr. Ravi Babu.

‘Pre-planned’

According to the ACP, it was a pre-planned cold-blooded murder as the accused after killing drove back on the deceased’s vehicle, took away the cash and all the gold ornaments that Ram Singh was wearing, dumped the murder weapon in a bush near Boyapalem and parked the vehicle near Ram Singh shop.

“David had even gone to Ram Singh’s house to express sympathy,” said Mr. Ravi Babu.

The police team zeroed in on David, based on information provided by a common friend who had seen both Ram Singh and David driving towards Anandapuram.

Ram Singh of Tagarapuvalasa was

brutally murdered at Vellanki in Anandapuram mandal on Saturday


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