Overview

• Kanakaiah returned late Monday to Pittaloni Gudem village and was allegedly hacked to death by his wives Gouramma and Chukkamma after a dispute over his previous crime.
• He had been wanted for two months for the May murder of his second wife’s mother in Gundala mandal and had been living with both wives until going into hiding.
• Police recovered his body from a canal on the village outskirts and sent it for post-mortem examination.
• Gouramma and Chukkamma remain in Jangaon district police custody as investigators probe whether boulders and an axe were used.
• The incident underscores a wider spike in alcohol-related domestic violence cases that has prompted intensified police manhunts and forensic inquiries across Telangana.