Nine arrested in attempt to murder case in Nellore

The Chinna Bazar police on Wednesday (March 25) arrested nine persons allegedly involved in an attempt to murder case. The incident took place near a tea shop in Fathekhanpet in Nellore on Sunday. Accrding 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 injuries on his chest and cuts on his hands; his friends were also injured. When the locals stopped the fight, the assailants fled. The injured were first admitted into Government General Hospital (GGH) and later shifted to Medicover Hospital for better treatment.

The Chinna Bazar police registered a case and formed special teams to nab the accused. At 10.30 p.m. on Tuesday, the police arrested six persons from Swarnala Cheruvu near NTR Necklace Road. Three more were arrested from SVGS Degree College Ground on Wednesday morning. Three knives used in the crime were seized from their possession, according to the police.

The SP and SDPO congratulated Chinna Bazar Police Station Inspector Chittem Koteswara Rao, Sub-Inspector A. Ayyappa, Constables J. Suresh Babu, Syed Najmal Hussain, and others for arresting the accused.