Eluru, July 30, 2021: A final year student of engineering in the prestigious National Institute of Technology (NIT), Durgapur in West Bengal, was kidnapped and killed in West Godavari district.
According to police, the victim, Konakalla Vamsi, 22, had returned home from Durgapur in view of Covid-19 and staying with his parents at Nallajerla town in West Godavari district.
He was kidnapped on Tuesday and the kidnappers called his father seeking ransom. They also warned Vamsi’s father of dire consequences if he informed the police.
But when Vamsi’s father reached the spot selected by the kidnappers, the latter were not present there. He returned home. But on the way a group of farmers told him about the body of a young man lying in the fields near a sugar factory. He went there and identified the body as that of Vamsi.
According to police, Vamsi was staying with his parents since the pandemic broke out in March 2020. Police said Vamsi developed a friendship with Satyanarayana through a mobile phone app. He used to meet him daily in the evening.
As usual, Vamsi went out of the house on Tuesday and did not return home. The police said Saryannarayana throttled Vamsi to death. After killing Vamsi, he called the victim’s father seeking ransom. He told Vamsi’s father that Vamsi was with him and he would kill him if the ransom was not paid according to the reports published in timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
Vamsi’s father informed the police and started searching for his son. The police are investigating the mobile app. They are also looking for clues if any monetary dealing was involved between the victim and the accused. They are also on the lookout for more people, if any, involved in the kidnap and murder.
