Ongole: Evangelist K A Paul was arrested by the district police in the early hours of Monday on the charge of conspiring to murder an accused in the murder of his brother two years back. The police claimed that Paul tried to bribe the team that went to arrest him from a hotel here in order to drop the charges against him. However, his offer was allegedly spurned and the Christian preacher arrested, produced before a local magistrate and remanded to 14-day judicial custody. Paul was booked for criminal conspiracy (120-B), attempt to murder (307) and abetment (109) sections of the IPC as well as Section 12 of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Fifty-one year old Paul, who is the president of Prajasanthi political party, had arrived in this town on Sunday night to campaign for his candidate in the bypolls for the Ongole assembly constituency. According to the police, Paul was in talks with taluk inspector Srinivasa Rao to get Kotewswar Rao, accused in the murder of the evangelist’s brother K David Raju, killed and had reportedly offered a reward of Rs one crore. The local cops played along but got the entire conversation between Paul and Srinivasa Rao recorded as evidence before effecting the arrest on Monday morning. Brother met with his end after parting ways with Paul
Hyderabad: According to the police, Paul’s brother David Raju was found dead under suspicious circumstances near Komireddipalli village of Addakula mandal in Mahbubnagar district in February 2010.
Since the vehicle Raju was travelling in was in a mangled condition, it was initially thought to be a road accident but after investigations, following complaints from the family members of the deceased, it was established as murder.
The death of David Raju, who was the founder of Christian organization Gospel to the Unreached Millions (GUM), occurred soon after he parted ways with his brother Paul.
After investigations, Koteswara Rao, an aide of Paul, was named accused number one in the murder of David Raju. It was on the charge of attempting to murder Koteswara Rao, a Hyderabad resident, that the Ongole police nabbed Paul on Monday. Apparently, Prajasanthi Party’s Ongole assembly candidate told Paul that the local cops would help him in eliminating Koteshwara Rao and accordingly, the evangelist contacted inspector Srinivasa Rao and offered him Rs one crore to eliminate Koteswara Rao in an encounter.
Srinivasa Rao informed SP Raghurami Reddy about Paul’s offer and subsequently, the inspector continued with his negotiations with Paul on the murder and the same was recorded on a spy camera even as Koteswara Rao summoned to Ongole and detained. When Srinivasa Rao came to arrest Paul from the hotel on Monday morning, the latter reportedly offered the inspector Rs three lakh to drop all the charges and promised to pay him more later. Paul was arrested, produced at the residence of II nd additional district sessions judge M Kavitha before the courts could open for the day, and remanded to 14 days judicial custody and lodged in the local jail.
Paul reportedly claimed to the media that those who had troubled him in the past (referring to YSR) are no more, and that those behind his arrest on Monday, namely chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy, will meet the same fate. Along with Paul, his Ongole assembly bypoll candidate and another person was arrested.
Fifty-one year old Paul, who is the president of Prajasanthi political party, had arrived in this town on Sunday night to campaign for his candidate in the bypolls for the Ongole assembly constituency. According to the police, Paul was in talks with taluk inspector Srinivasa Rao to get Kotewswar Rao, accused in the murder of the evangelist’s brother K David Raju, killed and had reportedly offered a reward of Rs one crore. The local cops played along but got the entire conversation between Paul and Srinivasa Rao recorded as evidence before effecting the arrest on Monday morning. Brother met with his end after parting ways with Paul
Hyderabad: According to the police, Paul’s brother David Raju was found dead under suspicious circumstances near Komireddipalli village of Addakula mandal in Mahbubnagar district in February 2010.
Since the vehicle Raju was travelling in was in a mangled condition, it was initially thought to be a road accident but after investigations, following complaints from the family members of the deceased, it was established as murder.
The death of David Raju, who was the founder of Christian organization Gospel to the Unreached Millions (GUM), occurred soon after he parted ways with his brother Paul.
After investigations, Koteswara Rao, an aide of Paul, was named accused number one in the murder of David Raju. It was on the charge of attempting to murder Koteswara Rao, a Hyderabad resident, that the Ongole police nabbed Paul on Monday. Apparently, Prajasanthi Party’s Ongole assembly candidate told Paul that the local cops would help him in eliminating Koteshwara Rao and accordingly, the evangelist contacted inspector Srinivasa Rao and offered him Rs one crore to eliminate Koteswara Rao in an encounter.
Srinivasa Rao informed SP Raghurami Reddy about Paul’s offer and subsequently, the inspector continued with his negotiations with Paul on the murder and the same was recorded on a spy camera even as Koteswara Rao summoned to Ongole and detained. When Srinivasa Rao came to arrest Paul from the hotel on Monday morning, the latter reportedly offered the inspector Rs three lakh to drop all the charges and promised to pay him more later. Paul was arrested, produced at the residence of II nd additional district sessions judge M Kavitha before the courts could open for the day, and remanded to 14 days judicial custody and lodged in the local jail.
Paul reportedly claimed to the media that those who had troubled him in the past (referring to YSR) are no more, and that those behind his arrest on Monday, namely chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy, will meet the same fate. Along with Paul, his Ongole assembly bypoll candidate and another person was arrested.
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