Date:11/01/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/01/11/stories/2008011163390500.htm

Andhra Pradesh

Crime Watch

Painter found murdered

A painter, Shaik Mehboob (35), was found murdered

on the roadside at Langer Houz on Thursday.

The assailants were suspected to have killed Mehboob by smashing his head with a boulder.

The victim was a resident of Ahmed Colony in Langer Houz.

Toddler killed

An 18-month-old boy died after accidentally falling into a water sump near his house at Kuntluru village in Hayatnagar on Wednesday.

The boy, E. Laxmaiah, was playing when the incident occurred.

Auto driver commits suicide

An autorickshaw driver died by hanging himself at Lumbini Park on Wednesday.

The reasons behind the death of N. Chandu (35), a resident of Nehru Nagar in Khairatabad, were yet to be ascertained.