The suspected girlfriend, along with a friend of the 21-year-old engineering student, who surrendered and confessed to killing his friend and dismembering his body allegedly sensing a threat to his love life, was arrested by the Abdullapurmet police on Monday. Arrested. On charges of aiding and abetting destruction of evidence and not informing the police about the offence.
Police on Monday arrested Prabhaleeti Hassan, 21, of JNURRM Colony and Katta Niharika Reddy, 20, residents of Hastinapuram, who allegedly helped Hari Har Krishna, the main accused in the murder of 22-year-old Neenavath Naveen. Mahatma Gandhi University at Yellareddyguda.
“Hassain helped Krishna in shifting Naveen’s body parts from the main crime scene before surrendering and provided shelter to him after the murder. Both Hasnain and Niharika did not inform the matter to their friends, relatives and the police though they were aware of the crime,” said DS Chauhan, Commissioner of Police, Rachakonda.
During Hari Har Krishna’s interrogation it is revealed that he took money from Niharika to stay hidden and sought Hassan’s help in moving the body parts.
“Krishna and Naveen were friends since 2017. On the night of February 17, he took Naveen to a wooded area near Abdullapurmet ORR with the intention of killing him. After she was strangled to death and her body parts were chopped off with a knife, she changed clothes at Hasnain’s house in Brahmanpalli and informed him about the murder, while seeking his help in disposing of the body parts. The two went to the outskirts of Manneguda and dumped the bag containing the body parts. Next day Krishna met Niharika and informed her about the murder and took some money from her for his expenses and kept in touch with her through phone. On February 20, he allegedly showed her the crime scene from a distance,” said the commissioner.
Before Krishna surrendered on February 24, Hasnain reportedly helped him collect the head and body parts from the spot where he was earlier thrown and handed it over to him. They burn the body parts and Krishna and Niharika clear their chat. He took a bath at her house and changed into new clothes before surrendering to the police at the Abdullapurmet police station.