Warangal: Three persons of a family were burnt alive in a gas cylinder blast in Kantathmakur village under Damera mandal of Waranal rural district.
The police identified the dead as Mamindla Kumaraswamy (45), Rajamma (60), Sujatha (35). The DCP Venkateshwarlu, Parakala MLA Challa Dharma Reddy visited the village and consoled the family members of the dead.
Police said Mamindla Kumaraswamy had two wives. He was living with second wife as the differences occurred with first wife. According to locals, Kumaraswamy’s first wife’s son Karthik burnt the house of his father by sprinkling petrol on the house along with his friends and this led to the death of Kumaraswamy, Sujatha and Rajamma in fire flames. But the police were saying that the incident took place only because of blast of gas cylinder. The police said they will get full details only after inquiry.
Parakala MLA Challa Dharma Reddy handed over Rs 10,000 for final rites. He asked the police to clear the doubts in the case while doing inquiry. The police shifted dead bodies to Warangal MGM Hospital for postmortem. (NSS)
