The Prakasam police achieved a breakthrough in the case pertaining to the murder of a lorry driver from Chennai with the arrest of three fellow lorry drivers also from Chennai.
Kandukur Circle Inspector M. Lakshman said the accused persons were nabbed at Verrepalli, near Ulavapadu on the Chennai-Kolkata highway late on Saturday. The accused identified as -- Kaliamurthy (26), Rajesh Kannan (28) and Manivannan (28) from Red Hills near Chennai -- had boarded the lorry carry steel utensils, at Gummudipoondi on June 6.
They struck a deal with lorry driver B. Dayakar (45) at a motel at Medermetla near here to take back the vehicle to Madurai in Tamil Nadu and share the sale proceeds among themselves, the CI said.
