The Crime Investigation Department on Thursday arrested Gangula Hemalatha Reddy, sister of faction leader Gangula Suryanarayana Reddy alias Madellacheruvu Suri, in connection with a land dispute between V Madhu Mohan Reddy and Bhanu Kiran at Maheshwaram in Rangareddy district.
According to CID, Gangula Hemalatha Reddy was arrested for threatening the realtor Vanga Sudheer Reddy and making efforts to grab his land using his brother Madellacheruvu Suri’s influence. The CID listed Gangula Hemalatha Reddy as the 4th accused in the case.
Hemalatha was later produced before a magistrate who sent her to the judicial remand. She was later shifted to Chanchalguda Women's Jail.
It may be recalled that the police had arrested V Madhu Mohan Reddy, the second accused in the case in which Bhanu Kiran was involved in a 220-acre land dispute at Maheshwaram. Madhu is the main witness in the Suri murder case as he was driving the vehicle in which Suri was shot down allegedly by Bhanu Kiran.
According to CID officials, Madhu Mohan Reddy is one of the five accused in the case registered by a businessman, Vanga Sudheer Reddy. Bhanu Kiran, against whom several cases of criminal intimidation were registered, is the prime accused in this case also.
CID officials said the accused conspired together with a dishonest intention to grab the property of Sudheer and kept him under constant threat to his life and forcibly got registered four plots at Pulimamidi village.