Telangana man arrested for murder after planning attack using YouTube videos

A man in Telangana was enraged with the continued harassment of his lover, a married woman, by a person who was earlier jailed following an attempt to rape case filed by her. But after his release from jail, his tormentor, identified as Pytari Mogili, 52, continued to harass his girlfriend and repeatedly humiliated him. Mogili’s alleged act of informing people of nearby villages about the relationship between the two also added to his rage.

Unable to tolerate the harassment anymore, the man, identified as Bangarapu Mahesh, 40, started to plot Mogili’s murder. He searched YouTube for videos on murder and weapons and then executed his plan, police said, as reported by NDTV.

Ambush after festival

On Saturday (June 27) night, Mahesh was waiting for Mogili near a culvert with an iron rod in his hands. When the victim reached the spot, after attending the Peerila (Moharram) festival in Madipally village, Mahesh hit him on the head. He kept hitting Mogili till he was sure that he was dead, following which he returned home, changed his blood-stained cloth and fled from the spot.

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"On Saturday night, after Mogili attended the Peerila (Moharram) festival in Madipally village, he was returning home on a bicycle. Mahesh waited near a culvert and attacked him from behind with an iron rod. After repeatedly hitting him on the head, Mahesh confirmed that Mogili had died, then returned home, changed his blood-stained clothes and fled," Huzurabad ACP Madhavi said. The accused was arrested within 24 hours of the incident.

YouTube trail recovered

According to police, a case has been registered. Investigators said that during interrogation, Mahesh confessed to the crime. The police have recovered the iron rod used in the murder, the mobile phone of the accused, which had his YouTube search history, his two-wheeler and the clothes worn during the incident.

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"We identified the victim soon after receiving the complaint and formed special teams to investigate the case. During the investigation, the accused confessed to the murder. We recovered the murder weapon, mobile phone, bike and clothes used during the crime," added the ACP.

The accused has been remanded to judicial custody, and police are reportedly planning to open a rowdy sheet against Mahesh.