Overview
- Gandla Ramu, 27 and employed in Hyderabad, was found unresponsive in a farmhouse swimming pool on Saturday night and was later declared dead at a hospital.
- Ramu’s father filed a complaint alleging his son was beaten, and police responded by registering a murder/suspicious death case and taking statements from all attendees.
- Investigators have noted injury marks on the body but have also cited preliminary postmortem findings that list drowning, leaving the cause unresolved until full forensic reports arrive.
- About 15–20 colleagues and a team leader attended the late-night outing, police reported alcohol consumption at the party and said witnesses described a prior argument involving Ramu.
- With no CCTV at the farmhouse, detectives are seizing evidence, questioning all present and seeking Excise Department records about liquor to determine whether criminal charges will follow once forensics are complete.