Hyderabad: Bhanu Kiran, convicted of the murder of Rayalaseema faction leader Gangula Suryanarayana Reddy, known as Maddelacheruvu Suri, was granted bail in an Arms Act case and released from Chanchalguda Jail on Wednesday, October 6. Kiran, who has been serving a life sentence for the 2011 murder, had initially sought bail from the Supreme Court, which directed him to approach the lower courts.
The next hearing on his life sentence is scheduled for November 11.
The murder of Maddelacheruvu Suri, a prominent figure in a long-standing faction rivalry with former minister Paritala Ravi, has been a significant case in Andhra Pradesh’s history. The feud, which inspired filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma’s “Raktha Charitra,” became infamous with the 2005 daylight killing of Paritala Ravi, followed by the murder of main suspect Julakanti Srinivas Reddy, alias Moddu Seenu, in Anantapur Jail in 2008.
Kiran, who was closely associated with Suri, shot him while they were traveling in Yousufguda. In 2018, Kiran was sentenced to life imprisonment, with an additional 10-year sentence under the Arms Act.