Wife starts FB page for Pranay

The accused in the recent honour killing of P. Pranay Kumar, T. Maruthi Rao and his family migrated to Miryalaguda from Kakinada in search of livelihood. Allegedly he amassed massive wealth from illegal activities like encroaching land and running an illicit liquor business. The accused reportedly owns property to the tune of around `100 crore.

According to sources, he started his career as a ration shop dealer. Then he started a jaggery selling business and the venture was so successful that he started lending money to people. In the process, he developed contacts with political leaders and with their help he started grabbing lands. It has been learnt that Maruthi Rao used to have good relations with Nayeem.

They first met as enemies and the enmity between them soon turned into friendship after some time. Reportedly Nayeem and Maruthi Rao locked horns over a land issue near Miryalaguda. Both of them wanted the same piece of land and Nayeem kidnapped Rao.

However, Maruthi Rao backed out from the issue and was on good terms with Nayeem. He also promised that he would not enter Nayeem’s zone. Amrutha Varshini, the widow of the murdered P. Pranay Kumar, began her fight for justice against her father T. Maruthi Rao on social media platforms on Monday. In just four hours, the page was liked by 4.3 lakh Facebook users.

Speaking to the media, she reiterated that she was going to fight against casteism. She demanded that all the culprits, who were involved in Pranay’s murder, should be severely punished, including her father.

She created a Facebook account called ‘Justice for Pranay’ on Monday. She posted a comment, “Don’t worry Pranay… You are not alone… Not only me, you are in the hearts of crores of people… Many people are fighting for justice.”

Chandra Shekar said in a review of the Facebook page, “True love never dies. This is a movement against the people, who have become blind with their utter stupidity. This is a movement in favour of love; this is a movement for the safety of our children…Say no to caste system.”