VIJAYAWADA: Police found a missing businessman dead under mysterious circumstances in his SUV parked in front of Mogalrajpuram Manor Plaza in the city on Thursday morning.
The deceased was identified as Karanam Rahul, proprietor of ZXN Cylinders in Cheruvu Madhavaram village of G Kondur mandal in Krishna district.
According to Penamaluru police, the incident came to light around 6 am when locals dialled 100 to inform the suspicious death. Cops soon reached the spot and found that the deceased, Rahul, was reported missing on Wednesday night.
Cops said that they received a complaint at Penamaluru police station stating that Rahul left his house in his black SUV at around 7.30 on Wednesday evening stating that he would return within an hour. However, after several hours, there was no sign of Rahul returning home and despite numerous calls, his phone was not reachable. Initially, cops suspected that it could be a murder case after they found a rope and a pillow lying next to his body. However, cops said that there are no obvious signs of injury to the body.
Cops said they have constituted five teams to investigate the case. Rahul is a distant relative of former endowments minister and the late BJP leader Pydikondala Manikyala Rao.
