The Gulbarga police, on Wednesday, arrested Mahender Reddy in connection with the murder of Telugu Desam Party leader Chalasani Pandu alias Chalasani Venkateswara Rao.
According to sources, Mahender Reddy, the Personal Assistant of Chalasani Pandu (54), admitted to have committed the crime before the police.
Mahender Reddy reportedly told the police that he murdered Pandu as he had refused to pay Rs. 20 lakhs in connection to a land dispute in Visakhapatnam.
The police have made arrangements to shift him to SR Nagar police station. Mahender Reddy will be produced before the media at the Deputy Commissioner of Police, West Zone office on Wednesday evening.
Earlier, during police investigation, the Swapnika Pearl apartment's watchman Koteswara Rao informed the police that he had seen Reddy leaving Pandu's apartment in Yousufguda, at about midnight on Monday.
Based on the clues, the police suspected the possibility of murder committed by Mahender Reddy.