{"data":{"prismicArticle":{"uid":"betting-addiction-turns-deadly-cop-wife-kill-realtor","tags":["politics"],"first_publication_date":"2026-05-07T07:45:26+0000","last_publication_date":"2026-05-07T07:45:26+0000","data":{"third_party_url":null,"title":{"text":"Betting Addiction Turns Deadly: Cop, Wife Kill Realtor"},"rating":null,"datetime":"2026-05-07T03:44:00+0000","img":{"url":"https://images.prismic.io/prad%2Ff26aef8f-eca6-406c-ba1a-75529bd5155e_suicide.jpg?auto=format,compress&rect=0,54,1200,592&w=2028&h=1000"},"embed":{"embed_url":null,"thumbnail_url":null,"author_url":null,"title":null},"content":{"raw":[{"text":"Addicted to online betting, a police Constable along with his wife murdered a realtor to loot the gold he was wearing in order to clear their mounting debts, police said on Thursday."},{"text":"The shocking crime took place in Telangana's Siddipet town last week but came to light on Wednesday after police cracked the case and arrested the couple."},{"text":"Police investigations revealed Gauthi Praveen, working as Constable in the Central Crime Station (CCS) at Siddipet district headquarters, and his wife Rajitha murdered Belde Vishwanatham (57), a realtor, on May 2 and looted 10 tolas of gold on his body."},{"text":"Police, which had registered a missing case on a complaint by the victim's family, recovered his body from a canal near Imambad on May 3 and took up the investigation."},{"text":"Based on the CCTV footage, police identified the killers and arrested them."},{"text":"Police investigations revealed that Praveen and his wife had lost Rs 60 lakh in online betting and had accumulated debts to the tune of Rs 30 lakh."},{"text":"The Constable had mortgaged a plot of his brother with Vishwanatham for Rs 12 lakh. As he had failed to pay the amount to the realtor, the latter suggested that he sell the plot."},{"text":"However, the Constable promised to show him an alternate plot. "},{"text":"On May 2, the accused along with his wife took Vishwanatham in their car to an isolated place near Peddakoduru."},{"text":"\"The couple allegedly tied the hands and legs of the realtor in the car and strangled him to death with a wire. They took 10 tolas of gold he was wearing and dumped the body in a canal near Imambad,\" a police official said."},{"text":"Later, the couple went to Hyderabad and sold the looted gold at a jewellery shop."},{"text":"When Vishwanatham did not return home, his wife lodged a complaint with Chinnakoduru Police Station."},{"text":"The Task Force under the leadership of Assistant Commissioner of Police Ravinder Reddy began an investigation and found his body in the canal."},{"text":"Based on CCTV footage and other scientific evidence, the investigators identified the accused and arrested them."},{"text":"The subsequent investigations also revealed Praveen and Rajitha on April 25 robbed an elderly woman in their neighborhood on the pretext of taking her to a hospital in their car."},{"text":"The accused robbed the woman of the gold chain she was wearing and sold the same at a shop in Hyderabad for Rs 4.80 lakh. The couple lost the entire money in betting."},{"text":"It also came to light that Praveen had accompanied the woman to One Town Police Station to lodge a complaint about the theft of her gold chain."}]}}},"relatedArticles":{"edges":[{"node":{"uid":"italy-honours-indian-war-hero","data":{"third_party_url":null,"title":{"text":"Italy Honours Indian War Hero"},"img":{"url":"https://images.prismic.io/prad/fIZ5iDxtE0bJlI2b_Itay.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&rect=0%2C14%2C450%2C222&w=2028&h=1000"},"datetime":"2026-09-19T12:09:00+0000"}}},{"node":{"uid":"ka-bans-selfies-reels-on-academic-tours","data":{"third_party_url":null,"title":{"text":"KA bans Selfies, Reels on Academic Tours"},"img":{"url":"https://images.prismic.io/prad/4106f39e-bc9f-4c9b-8277-e3bddc10c00e_selfie.JPG?auto=format,compress&rect=0,0,2028,1000&w=2028&h=1000"},"datetime":"2026-09-19T12:05:00+0000"}}},{"node":{"uid":"hc-declares-nagender-disqualified-as-mla","data":{"third_party_url":null,"title":{"text":"HC declares Nagender 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