Police on Sunday arrested eight persons who were accused of murdering Orukuntla Surendra alias Narasanna, 45, of Budhawarapet Church Line in Kurnool town on August 9.
Shaik Taher Shabbir Ahmed, 54, Syed Asadullah, 63, Syed Abbas, 34, Syed Noori, 30, Syed Abdulla, 24, Syed Shareef, 26, and Syed Saheb Hussain, 60, all of Budhawarapet and Shaik Anwar Hussain, 26, of Nirmal Nagar were arrested, Kurnool Superintendent of Police A. Ravikrishna said. A case was registered under the IPC, Arms Act and Prevention of Atrocities Against SC/ST Act against the arrested persons.