It appears the Telangana and Andhra Pradesh governments have chosen physical elimination of accused in controversial cases to avoid continued political embarrassments from the opposition parties; and in the process, win the public support.

The suspicious death of 62-year-old Tatika Narayana Rao, a Telugu Desam Party leader and former municipal councillor, by suicide, hours after he was arrested for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old school girl at Tuni in Kakinada district, has given rise to the talk that the Chandrababu Naidu government chose to eliminate him before it becomes a big political issue.

Narayana Rao allegedly died by suicide by jumping into a tank while he was being taken to the local court for judicial remand late in the night.

The body of Tatika Narayana Rao was retrieved

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