WARANGAL. OCT.24 : The Matwada Police Station registered three separate cases on Saturday involving a violent land dispute assault, a severe hit-and-run road accident, and a high-value bicycle theft in the city.
In the first incident, senior journalist Kusam Sarangapani (64) of Satyanarayana Colony filed a complaint stating that an individual named Mahendar illegally trespassed with a dozer into his property in Matwada outskirts (Survey No. 42 A), despite existing court injunction orders. When the victim’s younger brother attempted to stop the illegal work, the accused physically assaulted him, breaking his arm and smashing his spectacles.
Mahendar then attacked Sarangapani, poking his eyes, biting his right thumb, punching his chest, and damaging his motorcycle with a boulder. Matwada police rushed to the scene and shifted the severely injured journalist to MGM Hospital and later to the Government Eye Hospital emergency unit. Following the complaint, police registered Cr. No. 587/2026 under BNS Sections 115(2), 118(1), 324(2), 351(2), 329(3), and 296(b), assigning SI S. Shivakrishna to lead the investigation.
In a separate hit-and-run incident near Santoshima Temple on the main Hanumakonda road, a speeding two-wheeler knocked down 65-year-old Yamsani Visveshwar Rao on Friday evening (October 23) while he was crossing the road after getting off an auto. According to complainant Chettimalla Srinivasa Rao, the rider fled the scene without stopping, leaving the victim critically injured on the road. Visveshwar Rao was immediately shifted to Sanjeevani Hospital near Venkatarama Theatre. CCTV footage captured the incident, and police have filed Cr. No. 588/2026 under BNS Section 125(a) to identify the driver.
Additionally, police booked a theft case (Cr. No. 586/2026) under BNS Section 305(b) following a complaint by Gade Umesh (38), a resident of MV Enclave Apartment in Shivani Nagar. CCTV footage revealed an unidentified suspect trespassing into the apartment parking lot and stealing a high-end bicycle valued at approximately ₹25,000 on the morning of October 22. Police have initiated efforts to trace the culprit and recover the stolen property.
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