The Chinna Bazar police on Wednesday (March 25) arrested nine persons allegedly involved in the attempted murder case. The incident took place near a tea shop in Fathekhanpet in Nellore on Sunday. According to the police, the complainant Patan Ali Abbas was having tea with his friends Jalaluddin and Farooq when a group of men attacked them with knives and sticks.
In this attack, Abbas suffered wounds to his chest and cuts to his hands; his friends were also injured. When the locals stopped the fight, the attackers fled. The injured were first admitted to the Government General Hospital (GGH) and later shifted to Medicover Hospital for better treatment.
The Chinna Bazar police have registered a case and formed special teams to nab the accused. At 10.30 pm on Tuesday, police arrested six persons from Swarnala Cheruvu near NTR Necklace Road. Three more were arrested at the SVGS Degree College Ground on Wednesday morning. According to the police, three knives used in the crime were confiscated from them.
The SP and SDPO congratulated Chinna Bazar Police Station Inspector Chitt Koteswara Rao, Sub-Inspector A. Ayyappa, Constables J. Suresh Babu, Syed Najmal Hussain and others for arresting the accused.
Published – 25 March 2026 21:14 IST
