The Criminal Court at Nampally on Thursday remanded Botsa Vasudeva Naidu, the prime accused in massacre of Dalits at Lakshmipeta in Srikakulam district, to 14 days judicial custody.
The court sent Vasudeva Naidu to judicial remand after the CID officials produced him before the court. The court also gave Prison Transit warrant to Botsa Vasudevanaidu following a request from the CID to shift him to Srikakulam as part of investigations. The court directed that he be lodged in Central Jail in Srikakulam during the remand period.
The police has so far arrested 66 persons in connection with violence in Lakshmipeta, which claimed lives of six dalits over the land dispute.
–Agencies