Accused Dodged Cops For 15 Months, Nabbed In Zaheerabad
Hyderabad: The man who eluded the cops for the last 15 months finally landed in their custody. Bhanu Kiran, who allegedly shot dead factionist Gangula Suryanarayana Reddy alias Maddelacheruvu Suri in January 2011, was nabbed in the vicinity of a dhaba in Zaheerabad in Medak district
on Saturday morning, the city police claimed in the evening. Sources, however, said Bhanu was actually arrested last Tuesday andthatthe arrestwasbeing shown four days later after sustained interrogation of the accused.
Producing a visibly jovial Bhanu Kiran at a media conference here, additionaldirector-general of police (CID) S V Ramana Murthy said ever since the murder of Suri, Bhanu had been moving from place to place to evade the police dragnet. “For the last one month, Bhanu had been holed upin Puducherry. Following information from a reliable source that he would come to Hyderabad to collect money from a contact, we laid a trap for him and nabbed him at Zaheerabad around 10 am on Saturday,” Murthy said. He, however, refused to divulge as to who the ‘reliable source’ was.
According to the CID chief, Bhanu has been criss-crossing India ever since he was wanted for Suri’s murder. `After committing the murder, Bhanu went to Delhi via Sholapur,Pune andMumbai. He stayed at Sharma Lodge along with his gunman Manmohan Singh. Subsequently, he took refuge in Kerala, Karnataka, and Madhya Pradesh. During his stay in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, Bhanu could obtain various documents, including PAN card and, driving licence, on the name of one Mahesh Kunjuman by paying Rs 3,000 to brokers,'' Ramana Murthy said. Despite being a wanted man, Bhanu managed to elude the long arm of the law by frequently changing his attire so that he would not be recognized, the cops said. Between June 2011 and January 2012, Bhanu stayed put in a smallhousein Seoni,they added.Bhanu was threatened, humiliated by Suri: CID C ID officials claimed Bhanu killed Suri in a pre-planned manner since the latter had warned him that his days were numbered. “Two months before the murder, Bhanu was threatened and humiliated by the faction warlord. Suri told Bhanu that he came to know that he was settling land disputes besides siphoning off money. This made Bhanu uncomfortable and insecure. So, he decided to eliminate Suri”, a CID official said. Bhanu is wanted in 15 cases registered at different police stations across the state. Bhanu was produced before a magistrate on Saturday evening. Police said he was remanded in judicial custody till May 4, and would help unravel the murder conspiracy.
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