The call data record of the mobile phone used by Bhanu Kiran before he killed Gangula Suryanarayana Reddy alias Suri in January, 2011, would be analysed to ascertain his possible connivance with the latter's rivals.
The Crime Investigation Department (CID) sleuths had already begun scrutinising the phone calls made and received by him with a mobile phone which he bought while hiding in Madhya Pradesh. He never contacted his family members or close associates using that phone apparently suspecting that all those phones were under surveillance by the police.
Twists and turns
The angle of Suri's rivals colluding with Bhanu was being pursued to ensure that Bhanu didn't mislead investigators by repeatedly claiming that he eliminated Suri since the latter had threatened to kill him. Suri's opponent, Telugu Desam MLA Paritala Ravindra, was killed in January, 2005 in Anantapur. Suri was accused of masterminding the killing while being in jail.
Subsequently, Ravindra's aides, Pothula Suresh and Chaman, both from Anantapur and facing several criminal cases, went into hiding. Suresh surrendered to the police in 2010 while Chaman eventually entered real estate business. Allegations were levelled that the duo joined hands with Bhanu and got Suri killed.
Thorough probe
Interestingly, some of the accused in Ravindra's murder case, Moddu Srinu, Patlolla Goverdhan Reddy and Tagarakonda Prabhakar Reddy, were murdered at different places one after the other. “Naturally, the allegations of Bhanu's possible collusion with Suresh and Chaman assume importance. Hence, this angle would be probed thoroughly not to leave scope for any suspicion,” the CID officials said.
However, the investigators first want to reconstruct Suri's murder after taking Bhanu into police custody. Already, the crime scene was partially reconstructed by taking Bhanu's aides, Manmohan Singh and three others, who were arrested three months after Suri's killing, into custody.
Familiarity with case
The details of the properties earned by Bhanu, his monetary transactions and related documents would be given to Income Tax department for legal action, CID officials said. The accused had become so familiar with the criminal case proceedings that he advised a police officer not to cover his face with a mask before he was presented at a press conference two days ago.
“Sir, you want to cover my face so that there would not be any legal complications pertaining to identification parade. Even then media will publish my photos since plenty of them are available on Internet,” he reportedly said. He even reminded the police that scores of his video footage telecast by news channels had been uploaded in YouTube. Hence, there was no point in covering my face, he was quoted as saying.
