TRS Leader Hacked to Death After Flag Hoisting on I-Day, Section 144 Imposed

Following Krishnaiah’s death, his supporters attacked CPI(M) leader Tammineni Koteswara Rao’s house.

Telangana Rashtriya Samithi (TRS) leader Tammineni Krishnaiah was allegedly hacked to death in a village in Telangana's Khammam district on Monday, 15 August, as he was returning home from hoisting the tricolour at an Independence Day function.

Krishnaiah, an aide of former minister and TRS leader Thummala Nageswara Rao, was chased and stopped by four people in an auto, who stabbed him to death and fled the scene, as per the police.

The Telangana Police has constituted special teams to nab the culprits. Eight people have been booked in the case so far.

“At the entrance of the Teldarupally, an auto with four people came and killed him on the spot and fled the place. We have got info that four people have committed it and we have formed four teams to find their location. The body is shifted to the hospital for postmortem,” the assistant commissioner of police (ACP) of Khammam district was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.