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Security guard, 62, murdered at farmhouse near Chittoor
The body of Anandaiah, a 62-year-old security guard, was found at a farmhouse in Mangapuram village in Chittoor district on Saturday morning. His throat had been slit, and he was lying in…
The Story in Brief
The body of Anandaiah, a 62-year-old security guard, was found at a farmhouse in Mangapuram village in Chittoor district on Saturday morning. His throat had been slit, and he was lying in a pool of blood. Other workers alerted police when they arrived for duty.
The farmhouse owner, Chinna Rajulu Naidu, lives in the US. Police have registered a case, deployed a CLUES team for forensic evidence, and will examine CCTV footage. The motive remains unknown. The body has been sent for postmortem at Chittoor district hospital.
The Indian Opinion
Headlines about a murdered guard can fuel alarm that rural Andhra is unsafe. But one ghastly crime does not prove that. More telling is the lack of basic protection for lone night workers. Did the farmhouse have working alarms? Was the guard given a way to call for help? The postmortem report and CCTV may answer if this was a random attack or a targeted killing. Until then, panic is premature.
Source: thehindu.com
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