Belli Lalitha: Difference between revisions

In 1999, she was kidnapped, assaulted, and [[axe murder|hacked with an axe]] to the point her body parts were dismembered into 17 pieces.<ref> [https://m.ap7am.com/lv-230720-face-to-face-with-belli-lalithas-sister-nayeems-victim.html Face To Face With Belli Lalitha’s Sister] - AP7AM.com Reporting</ref>{{deadlink|date=June 2020}} Her dismembered body parts were then thrown in front of the Choutupoal police station by the assailants. Initially, the then TDP government home minister [[Alimineti Madhava Reddy]] was implicated in the murder but later cleared{{cn|date=June 2020}} after further evidence pointed to local Naxalite godfather and kingpin [[Mohammed Nayeemuddin]].<ref>{{cite news |work=Hindustan Times |title=From Maoist to police informer to gangster: The rise and fall of Nayeem |date=15 August 2016 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/from-maoist-to-police-informer-to-gangster-the-rise-and-fall-of-nayeem/story-bMsIr0QxxCXpeUt4X7FvaO.html |accessdate=2020-06-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/Brutality-involved-in-Sambasivudu-murder-indicates-Nayeems-role/article14965929.ece |title= Brutality involved in Sambasivudu murder indicates Nayeem's role |date=29 March 2011 |accessdate=2020-06-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=Sakshi |url=http://english.sakshi.com/news/2016/08/09/from-revolutionary-to-underworld-don-the-journey-of-a-gangster |title=From Revolutionary To Underworld Don - The Journey Of A Gangster |date=9 August 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216152617/https://english.sakshi.com/news/2016/08/09/from-revolutionary-to-underworld-don-the-journey-of-a-gangster |archivedate=16 February 2020 }}</ref> Three of her brothers were also killed, the remaining brother Krishna hiding from 2000 to 2017.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Nayeem-victims-brother-returns-after-17-yr-exile/articleshow/54635959.cms |title=Nayeem victim's brother returns after 17-yr exile |accessdate=2020-06-30}}</ref>