Property row surfaces in WG ‘dead body parcel’ case

The sensational ‘body parcel’ case, which has been solved by the West Godavari district police, has exposed a shocking conspiracy.
Addressing a press conference here on Friday, WG district SP Adnan Nayeem Asmi revealed chilling details after interrogating the three accused. According to the investigation, the case revolved around a property dispute within the family of one Ranga Raju, a resident of Yendagandi village in Undi mandal.
Ranga Raju, who owned 2.5 acres of land and other assets, had two daughters, Tulasi and Revati, both married. Tulasi’s husband, Sagi Srinu Babu, went missing in 2012, and she had been living with her parents since then. Disputes over land and property between Tulasi and Revati had escalated in recent years.
On December 19, Tulasi received a parcel from the ‘Kshetriya Foundation.’ Suspecting something amiss due to a foul smell emanating from the parcel, she alerted the police. Upon opening it, the police discovered the decomposed body of a middle-aged man.
A special team led by DSP RG Jayasurya and CI V Jagadeswara Rao was constituted to probe the case. Their investigation led to the arrest of Tirumani Sridhar Varma, Penumatsa Sushma, and Chekuri alias Tirumani Revati.
The trio had conspired to intimidate Tulasi into relinquishing her share of the property. They targeted Parlaiah, a middle-aged man estranged from his family, and lured him to an agricultural field, where they strangled him with a wire while he was in an intoxicated state. They placed his body in a wooden box and sent it as a parcel to Tulasi, accompanied by a threatening letter warning her of similar consequences if she did not cede the land.
After dispatching the parcel, Sridhar Varma fled to Manginapudi beach near Machilipatnam, frequently changing SIM cards—reportedly over 40—to evade detection. However, the special team tracked him down, and all three accused confessed to the crime.
In a surprising twist, police discovered over Rs 2 crore in Sridhar Varma’s bank account.