Brother, three others held for murder of woman advocate in Moinabad

The Moinabad Police on Thursday arrested four persons, including the victim’s brother, in connection with the brutal murder of G Swapna, a 34-year-old woman advocate, allegedly over a long-standing property dispute.

The arrested persons are the victim’s brother G Raju and his associates E Sandeep, V Veeresham and K Shivalingam. Officials said the murder was pre-planned by Raju and executed with the help of the three associates.

Swapna, a practising lawyer at the Chevella court, was allegedly killed during a dispute over four acres of land located in Survey No. 339 at



Kethireddypally village in Moinabad on Wednesday morning.

According to police, Swapna had gone to the farmland to oversee land survey work when the accused intercepted her. 

The assailants first rammed a car into her and then attacked her with stones and wooden sticks. In a final act of brutality, they allegedly slit her throat with a sharp weapon, killing her on the spot. After committing the crime, the suspects fled in a car and a scooter.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the murder was triggered by a family dispute over ancestral property.