Archive · 23 Dec 2025
Man Arrested for Woman's Murder in Srikakulam
A man named Gollapalli Prashanth Kumar was arrested for killing a woman named Gurugubelli Seetharatnam.
The woman's body was found on a road near a highway in Srikakulam.
The police used phone and camera footage to find the man.
They say the man knew the woman for about two years.
He killed her because she asked him for money and threatened to tell his wife about their relationship.
The man took her necklace and phone and left her body by the road.
The police caught him and he admitted to the crime.
They also found some of the stolen jewelry on him.
Gollapalli Prashanth Kumar was arrested for the murder of Gurugubelli Seetharatnam.
The victim's body was found on December 3 on the Visakhapatnam-Srikakulam NH-16 service road.
The case was initially treated as a suspicious death but later converted to a murder case.
The accused and the victim had known each other for about two years.
The accused strangled the victim with her saree and mangalsutra thread after she demanded money and threatened to reveal their relationship.
- Who
- Gollapalli Prashanth Kumar (accused), Gurugubelli Seetharatnam (victim)
- What
- Murder of a woman and subsequent arrest of the accused
- When
- December 2, 2023 (incident), December 3, 2023 (arrest)
- Where
- Visakhapatnam-Srikakulam NH-16 service road, Etcherla police station limits
- Why
- The accused strangled the victim after she demanded money and threatened to reveal their relationship to his wife.
- Victim
- Gurugubelli Seetharatnam
- Accused
- Gollapalli Prashanth Kumar
- Location
- Visakhapatnam-Srikakulam NH-16 service road
- Date of Incident
- December 2, 2023
- Date of Arrest
- December 3, 2023
- Evidence Used
- Mobile phone data, CCTV footage
- Items Recovered
- Gold chain, gold pendant
- Legal Charges
- Sections 103(1) and 303(2) of BNS
