A former naxalite and his associate, who were allegedly hired to murder a businessman from Neredmet in connection with a land dispute, were arrested on Wednesday.
Two country-made short firearms, a sword and a sickle were seized from former naxalite Mattipalli Guruvaiah, 39, and his associate Kayati Narsimha Reddy, 40.
One Chandrashekhar of Sainikpuri had a dispute with real estate businessman Bujji over the ownership of 3,000 square yards of land at Ramakrishnapuram. Chandrashekhar sought intervention of Guruvaiah to settle the dispute in his favour.
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Chandrashekhar had agreed to pay Rs. 5 lakh to Guruvaiah to kill the real estate businessman and gave Rs. 25,000 in advance.
On a tip-off, Task Force (North) Inspector A.P. Anand Kumar caught the duo and seized the weapons.