Overview

• Srikanth Reddy, a real estate businessman, was fatally stabbed in HB Colony, Moulali, on Friday in full public view.
• Police identify former worker Dhanraj as the prime accused and say his associate Daniel carried out the stabbing on Dhanraj’s instructions.
• Officers say the pair took Rs 1,200 from Reddy to buy liquor earlier in the day, returned around 5:30 pm intoxicated, demanded re-employment, and then attacked him outside his office.
• A murder case has been registered under Section 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and the body was sent for postmortem examination.
• Police report that suspects fled and a manhunt is underway, though one account states Dhanraj was detained at the scene while the other suspect escaped.