He was in prison since his arrest in the first week of March, 2022 in a double murder case until he was handed down a sentence of life imprisonment a week ago. Though prosecutors and police shattered all contentions about the double murder convict Mereddy Matta Reddy put up in his defense, one thing still remains a mystery.
How did he manage to evade Narayanaguda police of Hyderabad, while facing two criminal cases, by changing his name from Mereddy Ashok Reddy to Mereddy Matta Reddy? For some inexplicable reasons, investigators are yet to find an answer to this curious angle of crimes allegedly committed by Ashok Reddy, also known as Matta Reddy.
Ibrahimpatnam police of Rachakonda Police Commissionerate arrested him last year in the sensational double murder of a real estate businessman N. Sreenivas Reddy and his friend K. Raghavender Reddy. As per Aadhaar card and other identification documents gathered by police, his name is Mereddy Matta Reddy. His father’s name is Venkata Narsimha Reddy.