Transgender murder case: Kodavalur police arrest 12 accused

TIRUPATI: The Kodavalur police on Sunday arrested 12 accused in connection with the sensational transgender murder case reported on November 26 near Tapahopu in Kodavalur area of ​​Nellore district.
Giving details of the case to reporters on Sunday, Nellore SP G Krishnakanth said that M Hasini, a 33-year-old transgender, was killed by a rival group of transgenders with the help of henchmen.
“Hasini emerged as a strong transgender leader for all transgenders living in the Coastal and Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh, Bellary, Raichur, Dharwad, Chikmagalur and Hubli districts of Karnataka. Their main rival Alekhya could not digest Hasini’s growing popularity among the transgenders. While the duo fought for supremacy and resorted to various illegal activities, several cases were registered against Hasini and Alekhya in the past at different police stations in Tirupati and Nellore districts,” said Nellore SP .
“When Hasini also developed enmity with two other transgenders named Sulochana and Sheela, Alekhya hatched a plan to eliminate Hasini with the help of henchmen. She discussed her plans with Sulochana and Alekhya and the three decided to put the plan into action “I killed Hasini and also conducted a reconnaissance,” G Krishnakanth added.
On November 26, around 10 pm, when Hasini was returning to Kodavalur in her car after visiting a temple in Parlapalle village in Vidavalur mandal, the entire gang of henchmen ambushed Hasini near the Tapathopu Railway under the bridge and hacked her on the to death and fled away.
Special police teams formed by Nellore SP after the murder arrested the 12 accused in the case near Kovur under bridge.
The accused arrested by the police have been identified as E Vamsi Krishna (26), M Ramu (31), T Karthik (22), A Subramanyam (26), Shaikh Masthan Vali (23), K Venkatadri (24), K Rajesh (24). ), Gurunadham Narasimham (18), N Vamsi (25), U Sheela (56), R Alekhya (58) and C Bhupathi (40).
Nellore SP appreciated the efforts of Kodavalur CI A Surendra Babu and his team in arresting the main accused in the sensational murder case and assured that some other absconding accused will also be arrested by the police soon.