Two Delivery Riders Arrested in Secunderabad Murder Over ₹110 and Phone
Police say CCTV and forensic leads identified the suspects and recovered the victim’s phone and the electric bike used in the attack.
Overview
- Police arrested two delivery workers on June 8 after an investigation into the killing of 38-year-old mason Jai Prakash Deshmukh in Secunderabad.
- Officers say the accused lured Deshmukh from Monda Market on the night of June 2, took him to a deserted stretch near Tukaramgate, and attacked him with stones when he resisted.
- First responders found Deshmukh in a pool of blood in the early hours of June 3 and recovered two blood-stained stones at the scene.
- Investigators used CCTV footage, technical forensics and local intelligence to trace the stolen mobile phone and the electric bike and link them to the two delivery riders.
- Both suspects were produced in court and remanded to judicial custody, and police say one accused has a prior criminal case from 2021.