<p>Kadapa (Andhra Pradesh): <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/andhra-pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a> police in Kadapa district shot a murder suspect on Saturday after he attempted to flee custody.</p>.<p>The accused, Venkatesh, had slit the throat of a young woman named Keerthana in Khajipeta the previous day after she spurned his repeated demands for love and marriage.</p>.<p>According to police, Venkatesh a resident of Anjaneya Kottalu village in Khajipeta mandal of Kadapa had been <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/stalking">stalking</a> Keerthana for some time.</p>.<p>Despite her persistent refusals, he continued to harass her, calling her incessantly and following her in public. Her parents and brothers had confronted and warned him on multiple occasions, but to no avail.</p>.<p>The fatal attack occurred on Friday when Venkatesh, observing that Keerthana was home alone with her parents away, arrived at her residence along with his friend Phanindra. He pressed her to accept his love and agree to marry him. When she firmly refused and asked him to leave, Venkatesh pulled out a knife he had concealed, slit her throat, and fled.</p>.<p>Her father, Srinivasulu, rushed home after being alerted by locals and carried his gasping daughter to hospital on his shoulder, but she died en route to Kadapa RIMS.</p>.Murder accused shot dead in police encounter in Agra.<p>News of the killing spread rapidly, triggering widespread outrage. Relatives and villagers blocked the Kurnool–Kadapa national highway near Khajipeta for nearly two hours, setting tyres ablaze and halting traffic. The protesters demanded that the accused be handed over to them.</p>.<p>Police swiftly took Venkatesh into custody and transferred him to the Mydukur DSP office for interrogation and protective custody. However, during a subsequent transfer early Saturday morning, he allegedly attacked two constables and attempted to escape. Officers fired three warning shots into the air before shooting him in the legs when he continued to assault them.</p>.<p>The injured accused was then shifted to Kadapa RIMS Hospital for treatment.</p>.<p>Kadapa Superintendent of Police Nachiket Vishwanath confirmed that Venkatesh killed Keerthana after she refused his advances, and that police acted in self-defence when he attacked officers during the transfer. The SP visited the injured constables at the hospital and said that the accused would face the full force of the law.</p>
<p>Kadapa (Andhra Pradesh): <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/andhra-pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a> police in Kadapa district shot a murder suspect on Saturday after he attempted to flee custody.</p>.<p>The accused, Venkatesh, had slit the throat of a young woman named Keerthana in Khajipeta the previous day after she spurned his repeated demands for love and marriage.</p>.<p>According to police, Venkatesh a resident of Anjaneya Kottalu village in Khajipeta mandal of Kadapa had been <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/stalking">stalking</a> Keerthana for some time.</p>.<p>Despite her persistent refusals, he continued to harass her, calling her incessantly and following her in public. Her parents and brothers had confronted and warned him on multiple occasions, but to no avail.</p>.<p>The fatal attack occurred on Friday when Venkatesh, observing that Keerthana was home alone with her parents away, arrived at her residence along with his friend Phanindra. He pressed her to accept his love and agree to marry him. When she firmly refused and asked him to leave, Venkatesh pulled out a knife he had concealed, slit her throat, and fled.</p>.<p>Her father, Srinivasulu, rushed home after being alerted by locals and carried his gasping daughter to hospital on his shoulder, but she died en route to Kadapa RIMS.</p>.Murder accused shot dead in police encounter in Agra.<p>News of the killing spread rapidly, triggering widespread outrage. Relatives and villagers blocked the Kurnool–Kadapa national highway near Khajipeta for nearly two hours, setting tyres ablaze and halting traffic. The protesters demanded that the accused be handed over to them.</p>.<p>Police swiftly took Venkatesh into custody and transferred him to the Mydukur DSP office for interrogation and protective custody. However, during a subsequent transfer early Saturday morning, he allegedly attacked two constables and attempted to escape. Officers fired three warning shots into the air before shooting him in the legs when he continued to assault them.</p>.<p>The injured accused was then shifted to Kadapa RIMS Hospital for treatment.</p>.<p>Kadapa Superintendent of Police Nachiket Vishwanath confirmed that Venkatesh killed Keerthana after she refused his advances, and that police acted in self-defence when he attacked officers during the transfer. The SP visited the injured constables at the hospital and said that the accused would face the full force of the law.</p>