Telangana police arrested five people on 2nd March on the allegations of conspiring to murder V. Srinivas Goud, Minister for Excise and Tourism Minister.
According to The Quint, the accused were arrested from the servant quarters of BJP leader Jithender Reddy’s New Delhi residence.
However, the motive behind the conspiracy is still unknown. Srinivas Goud and Mr. Jithender Reddy hail from Mahabubnagar district are political rivals.
Furthermore, Cyberabad Commissioner of Police, M. Stephen Raveendra, confirmed the news in a press conference held on 2 March. He informed that Reddy’s associates, Madhusudan Raju and Amarender Raju were arrested. He added that they have offered Rs. 15 Crore as ‘supari’ to the accused.
Rs 15 crore was offered to murder Telangana Minister and TRS leader Srinivas Goud, says Cyberabad Police Commissioner Stephen Raveendra. Five persons arrested from BJP leader AP Jithender Reddy’s servant quarters in Delhi. @TheQuint
— Nikhila Henry (@NikhilaHenry) March 2, 2022
TS police recovered a 9mm pistol, a country-made revolver and two live rounds from the accused.
How the murder plan leaked?
The arrests were made based on a complaint lodged at Pet- Basheerabad police station on 25 February. The complainants were Farooq and Hyder Ali.
According to the Commissioner of Police Raveendra, the BJP MP’s Personal Assistant (PA) Raju had allegedly contacted Farooq to take the latter’s help in ”killing” the minister. However, Farooq informed the plan to his friend Hyder Ali.
According to the police, Raju felt that Farooq and Ali could leak the conspiracy to others. Hence, Raju allegedly planned to eliminate Farooq and Ali. It is reported that Raju’s associates – Yadiah, Nagaraju and Vishwanath – followed Farooq and Ali to kill them. It is alleged that they were carrying knives with them.
