Overview
- During a Friday reconstruction near Kondanakota hills in Yadiki mandal, officers shot and injured 26-year-old Sarvesh Kumar after he allegedly attacked them with a broken beer bottle.
- Police say they fired warning rounds before a Circle Inspector shot the suspect in the leg to stop the assault, and the suspect and two injured policemen were taken to Tadipatri hospital.
- Sarvesh Kumar was arrested Thursday night after police traced him using CCTV footage, and the body of his 5-year-old relative Hemanth Chandra was found the same night.
- According to police, the child was taken while returning from school and killed by having his head crushed with a boulder, and interrogation pointed to a dispute over money with the boy’s father.
- The accounts come from official statements and a Tadipatri Police press release, with reports differing on whether the disabling shot hit the knee or both legs as the investigation continues.