In a shocking incident, a couple allegedly hired killers on contract to get their son killed who was alcoholic, abusive and unemployed. They got him drunk and then strangled him to death. The incident took place in Khammam, Telangana.
Reportedly, a government school principal and his wife were fed up with the harassment from their unemployed son. They hired contract killers and paid them Rs 8 lakh to kill him.
Kshatriya Ram Singh (husband) and Rani Bai (wife) were arrested by the police and were remanded to judicial custody along with four of the five alleged killers who strangled 26-year-old Sai Ram to death.
His body was dumped in a river in Suryapet’s Musi on October 18 and the body was found a day later. CCTV footage which showed the family car that was used during the crime and led police to interrogate the parents who didn’t even lodge a missing complaint.
Kshatriya Ram Singh is the principal of the government gurukul in Maripeda Bangla village and the couple’s daughter is settled in the US. The deceased, a college dropout, used to abuse and beat his parents for money for alcohol. The police was informed that Sai Ram was sent to a rehabilitation centre in Hyderabad but it was of no help.
As per the police, the couple sought help from the brother of Rani Bai. They paid Rs 1.5 lakh in advance and agreed to pay Rs 6.5 lakh after the murder. The couple confessed everything before the police.
