HYDERABAD: A day after the body of Michael Angela, deputy director of the Printing Press was recovered, police have arrested three persons responsible for the murder. Police, who recovered Rs 11.5 lakh cash from them, said it was a case of murder for gain. East Zone police said on July 12, the three accused- Rajesh Sharma, Santosh Kumar Sharma, Jeetu Lal, allegedly killed Michael by strangling him to death. On June 12, Rajesh Sharma, the driver of Suvarna Latha, a close friend of the victim, picked Michael at his residence in Saidabad. The latter was carrying a bag with Rs 11.5 lakh cash."A day prior to the murder, Rajesh Sharma overheard Michael talking to someone on phone about delivering the cash. Incidentally, the next day Michael asked Suvarna to send her a car," Saidabad inspector P Devender said. Immediately after he came to know about it, Rajesh Sharma called up his roommates Santosh Kumar Sharma and Jeetu Lal and hatched a plan. Both Santosh Kumar and Jeetu were picked up at Neeredmet and dropped off at Nalgonda crossroads. "Rajesh picked up Michael from his house and went via Nalgonda crossroads. There the other two accused boarded the car. Immediately, Michael took strong objection to two unknown persons in the car. But Rajesh Sharma pacified him by saying they were his friends who will get down en-route. But after some time, Santosh Kumar Sharma and Jeetu Lal strangled Michael to death. Since the glasses were tinted no outsider could know about the incident," Devender added. After Michael was murdered, his body was taken to Hayathnagar where his body was buried in a ditch. Police recovered Rs 11.5 lakh cash, three gold rings and a Ford car from the accused. The accused were nabbed based on their cell phone analysis at Neredmet, police said.
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