Chittoor mayor shot dead inside municipal corporation office, husband critical

Katari Anuradha, mayor of Chittoor, was murdered on 17 November, while her husband Katari Mohan has been seriously injured.

According to media reports, three burqa-clad men entered the Municipal Corporation office at noon and attacked the couple.

Anuradha, who was shot from a close range, died on the spot while her husband was attacked with knives. Katari Mohan is a senior leader of the Telugu Desam Party, headed by N Chandrababu Naidu. He has been admitted to a hospital.

Preliminary investigation suggests that that the attackers may have come from Bengaluru.

Katari Mohan is a prime accused in the attempt to murder former Chittoor MLA CK Jayachandra Reddy alias CK Babu. His brother-in-law, Chandrasekhar alias Chintu, was arrested in November 2014 over the murder.

Mohan had contested on a TDP ticket from Chittoor for the legislative assembly, but lost.