A 45-year-old painter from Uppal was abducted, sexually assaulted, and murdered by four intoxicated youths who offered him a lift near LB Nagar. The victim’s dying declaration helped Nacharam police trace and arrest the accused.

Hyderabad: In a shocking incident, a 45-year-old painter was abducted, sexually assaulted and brutally murdered by four youths in Nacharam on Monday.

The victim, who was a resident of Kalyanapuri in Uppal, had gone to his brother’s house in Jillelaguda in Saroornagar on Sunday night and when he was near LB Nagar, he had requested a lift from four youths who were traveling in a car.

The suspects identified as Mohd Junaid alias Jaffer (18) of Raghavendra Nagar, Sheikh Saifuddin (18) of Indiranagar, P Manikanth (21) of Karthikeya Nagar, and a minor from KL Reddy N

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