19/09/2025
*PRESS NOTE*
*APPREHENSION OF ACCUSED PERSON IN MURDER FOR GAIN CASE – SAIDABAD PS*
On 18-09-2025 at about 1600 hours, Saidabad Police apprehended *Nenavath Manga*, who brutally murdered her relative *Sri Katroth Shivaiah (70 years)* and committed theft of his silver ornaments on the intervening night of *14/15-09-2025*.
Brief Facts:
The deceased, Sri Katroth Shivaiah, was residing at Vishnu Nagar, Saidabad, along with his wife and daughter. On 15-09-2025 at about 09:00 hrs, his elder daughter lodged a complaint stating that her father was found dead in their under-construction house with strangulation marks, and silver ornaments were missing.
A case in *Cr.No.300/2025 U/s 103(1), 309(6) BNS* of Saidabad PS was registered and investigation was taken up.
Motive:
* The accused is the niece-in-law of the deceased’s wife and resides in the same locality.
* The deceased family suffered heavy financial loss of *₹28.25 lakhs* due to incomplete house construction works given on the reference of the accused.
* Frequent quarrels and strained relations developed.
* The accused also had an illicit relationship with one Venkatesh and was under financial pressure due to unpaid EMIs.
* On 14-09-2025, after a heated quarrel and humiliation, she decided to eliminate the deceased.
Modus Operandi:
On the night of 14/15-09-2025, while the deceased was sleeping in an intoxicated state in the under-construction house, the accused:
* Suffocated him with a pillow.
* Strangulated him with a plastic tile-binding thread, causing death.
* Stole *two silver hand kadiyalu and one silver waist chain* from his body and hid them in a red rice tin at her residence.
Investigation & Recovery:
* Scene preserved and evidence seized (plastic wire, pillow, bloodstained articles).
* PME confirmed death due to strangulation.
* On 18-09-2025, the accused was apprehended, and upon interrogation, confessed to the offence.
* Stolen ornaments weighing about *30 tulas* were recovered from her house under panchanama.
Details of Accused:
*A1: Smt. Nenavath Manga*, W/o Late Ramesh, age 48 yrs, Occ: Ayamma, R/o Plot No.69, Vishnu Nagar, Saidabad, Hyderabad.
# # # Seizures:
* Two silver kadiyalu and one silver waist chain (30 tulas).
* Plastic thread used in strangulation.
* Pillow used for suffocation.
* Other incriminating material.
The arrested accused was produced before the Hon’ble Court and remanded to judicial custody.
This operation was carried out under the close supervision of *Sri S. Chaitanya Kumar IPS, Dy. Commissioner of Police, South East Zone, Hyderabad, Sri K. Sreekanth, Addl. DCP South East Zone, Sri S. Venkat Reddy, ACP Saidabad Division, and Sri B. Chandra Mohan, Inspector of Police, Saidabad PS*, along with *Sri B. Gnaneshwar, SI and staff of Saidabad PS*.
Dy. Commissioner of Police,
South East Zone, Hyderabad
