Four held for sexually assault, murder of painter in Nacharam

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 Nagar in Mallapur, were reportedly intoxicated at the time.

According to the police, the youths offered him a lift up to

Uppal Ring Road, but soon began sexually harassing and assaulting him inside the moving vehicle. When the car slowed dow