Agiripalli police produced the accused before the media on Thursday. | Photo credit: Special arrangement
Agiripalli police have solved the mystery of the murder of Reddi Solomon Raja (40) and on Thursday arrested five persons including the wife of deceased Reddi Durgamani in connection with the case.
Solomon Raju, a native of Vadlamanu village in Eluru district, went missing on April 17. His body was found the next day in the Ryves canal at Uppaluru village in Kankipadu mandal of NTR district.
Investigation revealed that Palagani Venkanna Babu, an employee of the Vadlamanu village secretariat, allegedly had an extra-marital affair with Durgamani, Superintendent of Police K. Pratap Shiva Kishore told the media on Thursday.
Solomon Raju knew about the affair and started harassing his wife.
When Durgamani told this to Venkanna Babu, the latter allegedly hired a gang comprising K. Sai Srinivas, M. Jaswanth Roy and K. Manikanta, all natives of Krishna and NTR districts, to eliminate Solomon Raja, the SP said.
Durgamani allegedly paid ₹12 million to the gang members who allegedly strangled Solomon Raja with a wire from a mobile phone charger, Deputy Superintendent of Police KVVN Prasad said Nuzvid.
The accused will be brought before the court, the SP said.
Published – 07 May 2026 20:36 IST
