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Former Disability Cricketer Arrested in Killing of Chittoor Temple Worker

Police cite digital clues plus a recorded voice message as keys to identifying 26-year-old Ganesh after the case shifted from missing to murder.

Overview

  • Chittoor II-Town police arrested Ganesh on January 9 and sent him for remand in the death of C. Kavitha.
  • Investigators recovered Kavitha’s body on January 7 beneath a bridge over the Neeva river near Gangadhara Nellore, about 11 km from Chittoor.
  • Officers report that Ganesh allegedly lured Kavitha on the pretext of marriage and later confessed he sought to end the relationship after securing a bank job.
  • Key leads included recorded voice messages, CCTV footage tracing her movements near Raghava Theatre, mobile-phone data, and eyewitness inputs.
  • Police say the accused disposed of the phone by tossing it into a moving lorry and dumped the body under the bridge as four teams continue to probe the motive and any accomplices, while family and disability rights groups press for justice.