A police official informed, “The killers entered the room from the first floor and killed Parashuram, Lakshmi and Akanksha. Hearing a loud noise, Karthik went to the first floor to check and was also killed.”
Congress leader Niranjan Hiremath, father Neha who was killed by Fayaz for rejecting his advances, voiced his discontent with the leaders of his party for negating the Love Jihad angle in the case
According to CCTV footage, two men (one wearing a helmet and the other covering his face with a cloth) reached the shop of the victim at about 4:47 pm.
Basha lured a mentally challenged Setty Prathap to his food grains warehouse in Pamulapadu mandal. After locking the victim inside the warehouse, he set it ablaze.