EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE DELHI THE HINDU 8 SOUTH MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Two trainee pilots killed as More arrests likely in aircraft crashes in Telangana Kerala serial murder case Police team investigating 20 contacts of prime suspect Flight caught in heavy rain crashed into cotton fields near Sultanpur village Uranium plant polluting Staff Reporter water, say A.P. leaders Ravi Reddy scouted the cotton fields and Kozhikode KADAPA HYDERABAD Leaders of the Opposition found the bodies and the More arrests are likely in the parties in Andhra Pradesh Two trainee pilots were wreckage of the aircraft. Kerala serial murder case as who visited the Uranium killed when their trainer air­ On receiving information, the Crime Branch is investi­ Corporation of India’s plant in craft crashed into a cotton the police arrived and cor­ gating 20 more persons who Pulivendula (represented by field on the outskirts of Sul­ doned off the area. The avia­ reportedly maintained close Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan tanpur village in Telangana’s tion academy in Hyderabad connections with Jolly Sha­ Mohan Reddy in the Vikarabad district, 100 km was informed; its founder Y. ju, the prime suspect in the Assembly ) in Kadapa district from the State capital, on Prabhakar Reddy rushed to murders of her in­laws, hus­ on Sunday, called the plant a Sunday afternoon. the crash site. band and three relatives bet­ “major pollutant.” The team The victims were identi­ ween 2002 and 2016 at the led by Kalava Srinivasulu and fied as Prakash Vishal from Knee-deep slush Koodathayi village in Kozhi­ Bhuma Akhila Priya of the Bihar and Amanpreet Kaur Vikarabad Superintendent kode. TDP and CPI leader K. from Punjab, both aged 21. of Police M. Narayana and The suspects also include Grim reminder: The house at Kozhikode’s Koodathayi village, Ramakrishna said the plant The four­seater trainer Ms. Khanam oversaw the re­ some family members who where three of the murders took place. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT had polluted groundwater. aircraft belonging to Wings trieval of the bodies. It was were reportedly aware that Aviation Private Limited, op­ still raining heavily. Police the deaths occurred due to Along with the murder deaths was sealed by the Chiranjeevi unveils erating out of the Old Airport personnel and the medical deliberate poisoning. case, the involvement of police. statue of actor SVR at Begumpet in Hyderabad, team from the Marpally Ms. Shaju allegedly poi­ some suspects in forging TADEPALLIGUDEM crashed due to bad weather. Primary Health Centre soned them to death with documents to grab the pro­ Bid to shift papers Actor K. Chiranjeevi unveiled “It was raining heavily in the found it difficult to wade cyanide to grab their proper­ perty of the murder victims It was put under surveil­ a bronze statue of veteran area and the aircraft appa­ through knee­deep slush to ty and marry another man. too would be investigated. lance as Mr. Shaju apparent­ actor Samarla Venkata Ranga rently nosedived into the The aircraft that crashed on the outskirts of a village in the accident spot, the police Crime Branch sources Soon after the probe was ly tried to move some docu­ Rao (popularly known as S.V. farm belonging to Bantu Ba­ Telangana’s Vikarabad district on Sunday. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT said. The post­mortem was said Ms. Shaju and two oth­ relaunched into the sensa­ ments from the house to Ranga Rao or SVR), here in lakrishna,” Bantawaram SI conducted at the crash site ers — M.S. Mathew and P. tional case by the Crime another location. the West Godavari district of Venkateswarulu said. er a radius of 100 yards. Its Collector Ayesha Masrat itself. Later, the bodies were Prajikumar — were formally Branch, there were suspect­ There could have been Andhra Pradesh on Sunday. “The aircraft first hit the two occupants died on the Khanam told The Hindu. handed over to Mr. Reddy. arrested after interrogating ed attempts by some of the property documents in the The nine-foot statue was installed at the Housing ground and then dragged for spot. Their bodies were lying The locals of Sultanpur Mr. Reddy said the ill­fat­ about 200 people in the other family members to div­ bundle, since the police had Board Colony. Apart from some time. Wreckage of the close to the scene of the were the first to reach the ed Cessna 172 was fit for fly­ area. Hundreds of phone ert the direction of the found that there were se­ thousands of fans, Narsap- aircraft was found spread ov­ crash,” Vikarabad District spot in pouring rain. They ing with no technical issues. calls were scientifically ana­ probe and influence the rious property disputes uram MP Raghuram Krishnam lysed with the support of complainant to withdraw within the family, and may Raju and other leaders were cyber cell experts to find the the petition. have led to the murders. present. Mr. Chiranjeevi said leads. An officer attached to the Crime Branch sources Ranga Rao was known for his The available photo­ Crime Branch said they re­ said they would again inter­ great performance and KCR sacks 50,000 striking bus staff graphs and video footage of quired more incriminating rogate Mr. Shaju to verify his dialogue delivery. all the six deaths in the fami­ evidence, including the fo­ claim that he was not aware ly were also collected to rensic examination reports, of the role played by his wife Kerala govt. to go after Telangana CM says there will be no further talks; calls for speedy recruitment check the presence of others to scientifically prove the in­ in the murder of six persons, Maradu architects who may be involved. volvement of Ms. Shaju in including his former wife KOCHI Special Correspondent TSRTC with the government. ployed as stage carriers. Offi­ only such employees who the death of five members in and child. Though he was ta­ The Kerala government has HYDERABAD The government said a cials were already holding gave an undertaking that Party workers involved? the family. ken into custody on Satur­ drawn up complaints against Toughening his stand firm no to taking back the discussions with the private they would not join union A few active political party As of now, her active role day for interrogation, he was four architects who designed against the striking em­ employees who did not join managements in this regard. activities should be given ap­ workers are also under the was evident only in the case later allowed to go. Accord­ the four illegal apartments at ployees of the State­owned duty before the deadline it Mr. Rao, who held a re­ pointments. scanner of the police. Two of of murder of her ex­hus­ ing to police sources, he had Maradu here, which the Telangana State Road Tran­ set. “There are just 1,200 view meeting , termed the them who were very close to band, he said. seemed unaffected by the Supreme Court has ordered to sport Corporation (TSRTC), employees left in the TSRTC employees’ decision a “se­ Stir will continue: JAC Ms. Shaju were served not­ death of his former wife Sily be pulled down for violating Chief Minister K. Chandra­ as of now,” Mr. Rao said, rious mistake” and said The TSRTC Joint Action ice to appear before the House sealed and child Alphine. the Coastal Regulation Zone sekhar Rao on Sunday said even as about 50,000 em­ there was no question of Committee announced that Crime Branch team for re­ The Crime Branch will soon Though M.S. Mathew and (CRZ) guidelines. Complaints will be preferred against the the government will not ployees continued their merger of the TSRTC with it would continue the strike cording their statement. move the Thamarassery Jud­ P. Prajikumar were arrested architects with the the compromise under any cir­ strike for the second consec­ the government. come what may. Speaking to Sources said the political icial First Class Magistrate on suspicion that they ar­ Council of Architecture, a cumstances and there would utive day, disrupting bus ser­ “The government is firm The Hindu, JAC leader K. Raji party leaders were suspect­ Court seeking the police cus­ ranged cyanide for Ms. Sha­ statutory body formed under be no further talks with the vices across the State. against yielding to blackmail Reddy from TSRTC Em­ ed of using their influence to tody of the three suspects ju, police sources said they the Architects Act 1972. striking unions. The Chief Minister direct­ tactics and is not willing to ployees’ Union said: “Nowh­ cover up the incident . The who were remanded in judi­ were not directly involved in The State would seek The employees began ed the officials to hire 2,500 tolerate indiscipline.” ere in the world have 50,000 house of one of the party cial custody on Saturday. the murders. During the in­ suspension of their licences their indefinite strike on Sa­ buses as an immediate mea­ The Chief Minister wanted employees been removed. leaders had been inspected The house where Jolly