Nearly a month after MRO Vijaya Reddy's murder, attender who tried to rescue her, dies

Close to a month after Mandal Revenue Officer (MRO) Vijaya Reddy was burnt to death at her office chambers on the outskirts of Hyderabad, her attender, Chandraiah, has also succumbed to his injuries. Chandraiah was present in office when the accused, K Suresh, poured petrol on the MRO and set her on fire. He was injured while trying to rescue Vijaya Reddy. The accused also succumbed to his injuries later. With this, four people have died due to the incident -- Vijaya Reddy, Chandraiah, Suresh, and the MRO's driver, Gurunatham, who had also attempted to rescue her. Doctors at the Apollo DRDO hospital who had been treating Chandraiah for burns, since the last 28 days, said that he passed away at around 3.15 am. The body was shifted to the state-run Osmania General Hospital (OGH), where an autopsy was conducted. The body is expected to be handed over to his family members soon. MRO Vijaya Reddy (37), was burnt alive in her office by K. Suresh over a land row on November 4. She succumbed to her injuries on the spot as she was charred to death. The ghastly incident left many across the state in shock. It also triggered protests from revenue employees, who blamed Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao for demonising them. Revenue employees also boycotted duties for three days, demanding stringent punishment for the guilty at the time. Hundreds of employees from across the state descended in Hyderabad on November 5, a day after Vijaya's death, and participated in the last rites that were being conducted by her family. Vijaya was the first Tehsildar of Abdullahpurmpet after the office was opened around three years ago. She is survived by her husband and two children. Read:   Day after her murder, hundreds bid emotional farewell to Telangana MRO Vijaya Reddy Tehsildar burnt alive in Telangana: Was a land row behind ghastly murder?'KCR demonized us': Revenue employees protest after Telangana MRO's murder