Youth stabs B. Tech girl student to death in Guntur

A B.Tech girl student was stabbed to death in broad daylight in Guntur on Sunday. According to reports, Nalla Ramya was studying B.Tech third year in a local private college.

The assailant, who was later traced, caught and identified as Sasi Krishna, brutally attacked the girl with a sharp weapon six times and managed to escape from the spot. The incident took place at Paramayyakunta on Kakani Road in Guntur city.

The Telugu Desam, Congress, BJP and several Dalit organisations demanded that the government take stern action against the culprit for murdering the Ramya, a Dalit, and further initiate measures to restrain attacks on Dalits.

Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan

Mohan Reddy, expressing grief over the murder incident, directed the officials to conduct investigation swiftly to punish the culprit under Disha Act.

Jagan announced `10 lakh ex gratia to the family and inquired about the progress of investigation with the police officials.

Meanwhile, the police collected footage of the murder incident recorded in a CCTV camera at a hotel near the murder spot and formed four special teams to nab the culprit.

CCTV footage showed the culprit carrying out the first attack on Ramya's abdomen and further on her neck brutally.

Ramya who was on her way to a hotel from her house at Paramayyakunta was forcibly stopped by a person, Sasi Krishna, for a brief talk but it turned into a serious altercation and he attacked Ramya on her abdomen and neck six times. Locals tried to stop him but he frightened them with a knife and managed to flee the spot on a bike. The locals said the culprit talked for eight minutes to Ramya before murdering her and suspected that the culprit might have a known person to Ramya.

The girl died on the way to hospital while her family members, relatives and locals were shifting her to the GGH for treatment.

The family went into shock with the brutal murder of Ramya.

The victim's father Nalla Venkat Rao said Ramya

was studying third year B. Tech in St. Mary's College in Guntur, she was good at studies and they did not have enmity with anyone.

Guntur Urban Superintendent of Police K. Arif Hafeez rushed to the spot and inquired about the incident with parents,

relatives and locals. He said four special teams were formed to nab the culprit and the police started an investigation.