Susheela murder accused identified

The city crime station police on Thursday arrested a person in connection with the killing of Susheela Devi, a relative of Union Minister of State for Defence M M Pallam Raju, who was found murdered in her flat at Road No 1 on Banjara Hills on Tuesday.

 According to police, the accused was identified as Umesh, a painter from Uttar Pradesh. The accused confessed that he committed the crime to steal her jewellery.

 The police arrested him and produced him before the court, the sources said.Umesh strangled septuagenarian Susheela Devi, who lived alone in her flat No 103 of Lotus Esplendito, before removing the jewellery worn by her.According to sources, Devi owned five flats in the building. Her two daughters live in the US.Punjagutta police have registered a case.