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Scribe murder: Cops yet to make arrests

East Godavari police are yet to make much headway in the brutal murder of journalist Katha Satyannarayana . The deceased, who used to work for a popular Telugu newspaper, was killed by unidentified miscreants at S Annavaram in Thondangi mandal of East Godavari district on Tuesday night.

District SP Adnan Nayeem Asmi told TOI they have some clues and are working on it.

“Satyannarayana was attacked some 100 metres away from his home. A watchmen, who was some 30 metres away from the crime scene, said two persons came in two bikes and attacked Satyannarayana, possibly with iron rods, inflicting fatal injuries. There was no light near the crime scene, so he couldn’t see their faces,” he said.

The brother of the deceased, who is also a lawyer, has lodged a complaint in which he has given the names of some suspects. The SP also said that Satyannarayana had received threatening calls from some people and a case was booked in this regard about a month ago.

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