Daughter killed Over Land Dispute

Tension prevailed in Dhoobipet, Shankerpalli in Hyderabad following the murder of a farmer and his daughter by four persons.
U Narayana, 55, and his daughter Savithri, 16, were sleeping when four persons - C Balvanth Reddy, his brother Chuka Reddy and their relatives Goverdhan Reddy and Narasimha Reddy - broke into their house by breaking open the rear door and stabbed Narayana to death.
Savithri was killed when she tried to stop the culprits. The latter also tried to eliminate Narayana's son Mallesh who was sleeping in another room.
But his dying father, despite being in pain, forced him to run and save his life.Chevella inspector K Srikanth said the murder was the fallout of a long-standing land dispute in the village.
Earlier attacks and counter attacks had taken place between Narayana and another farmer Narayana Reddy in connection with the dispute.
Narayana's family members had killed Narayana Reddy's son Srinivas Reddy on April 15 2004.
Its trial was scheduled to start from January 25. "We suspect the twin murders were committed by Narayana Reddy's family in retaliation to their kin Srinivas Reddy's death,"the inspector said.
He said a group of villagers tried to nab Goverdhan, but he pushed them aside andescaped.
A murder case under Section 302 of IPC has been registered by the police against four persons and special teams were formed to nab them.
Special pickets have also been posted in the village to prevent any untoward incident.
Police handed over the two bodies to their relatives after conducting an autopsy at the Government Hospital mortuary at Chevella in Rangareddy district.