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SOUTHERN NEWS - ANDHRA PRADESH Apr 2, 2008 Chenchuramaiah murder case trial begins Wednesday April 2 2008 11:38 IST Express News Service ONGOLE: The trial of Daggubati Chenchuramaiah murder case, which was pending for the past 19 years, began at the district sessions court here on Monday. Chenchuramaiah, father of Parchuru MLA Venkateswara Rao, was murdered on April 6, 1989. The murder was a fallout of a feud between two groups in which five Dalits were killed at Karamchedu in 1985. The police registered a case stating that Naxalites murdered Chenchuramaiah to avenge the killing of Dalits. Thopuri Lakshmana Rao, Kanuri Vijayakumar, Ramakrishna and Irapani Sivasankar were named as accused in the case and 30 others as witnesses. Witnesses Yarlagadda Lakshminarayana, Daggubati Venkateswarlu, Prathipati Venkanna, Divisala Peraiah and Kakumanu Madhu today refused to identify the accused. The hearing will continue till April 4.
