Uncle arrested for kidnapping and murder of 29-year old man

The Cyberabad police here today claimed to have solved a case of kidnapping and murder of a 29-year-old man with the arrest of his uncle.
K Rakesh Reddy was found murdered near Saketh Towers at Kapra here on September 23, police said.
K Sridhar Reddy, his uncle, had tried to extort a ransom of Rs 8 lakh from Rakesh's parents and subsequently killed him, deputy commissioner of police (Malkajgiri Zone) Rama Rajeshwari R said.
Sridhar had borrowed money from various people and also collected huge amounts by promising jobs to some youths who were known to Rakesh, the DCP said.

"He neither provided jobs nor returned the money. He was also under tremendous pressure from those who had lent him money to return it. He had promised to clear all the debts by the first week of October," she said.
According to police, on September 23 Rakesh went to Sridhar Reddy and stayed with him, because he was uncomfortable staying at his own home. Sridhar decided to take advantage of this situation, he sent text messages from Rakesh's phone to his father Balreddy, demanding ransom, to make it look like kidnapping by some unknown person.
Later he killed Rakesh by stabbing him multiple times in sleep so as to keep a lid on the crime.

Then Sridhar informed Rakesh's parents that he had seen Rakesh's body at a rented room. During the course of investigation police suspected his role and arrested him.