Apparently taken aback by his confession, the local police immediately rushed to the vehicle and found the body in the driver’s cabin. In a fit of rage, he allegedly stopped the lorry on the roadside somewhere between Karimnagar and Huzurabad and attacked the cleaner with an iron rod before stabbing him to death inside the cabin, sources added. The accused reportedly told the police that he acted in self-defence after the cleaner threatened him with a knife during the altercation, sources added. An FIR has been registered against the lorry driver on charges of murder, said Wyra Assistant Commissioner of Police Satyanarayana. When asked if the case would be transferred to the police station concerned in Karimnagar district, where the offence reportedly took place, the ACP said due procedure was being followed.

Source: The Hindu November 15, 2020 18:45 UTC