TIRUPATI: A 36-year-old man was stabbed to death by unidentified persons in front of his wife around midnight on Sunday. The deceased, identified as Madipudi Penchal Prasad, was stabbed 25 times before his wife, who was gagged and held by one of the men in a corner of the room. Prasad died on the spot. The horrific incident happened in Ramachandrapuram locality, near Nazeer Thota Eidgah, in Nellore town.
According to Nawabpeta circle inspector M Bobby, Prasad and his wife were deep in sleep when four unidentified persons barged into the house around 12:30 am.When the couple stepped out of their room to check where the sound came from, they saw the four miscreants inside their house.
One of them took Prasad’s wife to a corner of the hall, stuffed cloth in her mouth and warned her to remain silent. The other three pulled out knives and started stabbing Prasad indiscriminately. After ensuring that he was dead, the four miscreants left the spot. On receiving information, police rushed to the spot and shifted the body for postmortem. Based on a complaint lodged by Prasad’s father, a case was registered. The family of the deceased named some persons who had enmity with Prasad in the past. Police have launched a manhunt for the suspects who are said to be absconding.
