Hyderabad: The Golconda police have arrested four persons, including a woman, in connection with the murder of social media influencer Shaik Masood, popularly known as “Chandi Masood”, who was brutally killed on Friday, June 12.
According to police sources, Masood was allegedly stabbed to death by his brother-in-law, Sohail, and another associate following a dispute involving Masood and his wife. The accused reportedly barged into Masood’s residence and attacked him with knives in the presence of his parents.
Despite attempts to save him, Masood succumbed to his injuries. The incident created panic in the locality and drew widespread attention due to the victim’s popularity on social media platforms.
Following the murder, the Golconda police registered a case under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Arms Act, 1959, based on a complaint filed by the victim’s father. The authorities constituted special teams to trace the suspects as well.
Accused brother-in-law opposed love marriage
The complainant stated that his son had a love marriage in January 2025.
However, his son’s brother-in-law, the prime accused in the case, was opposed to the marriage, due to which the brother-in-law frequently picked quarrels with the complainant’s son, the complainant said.
In December 2025, the complainant’s son was blessed with a baby boy.
Recently, the prime accused, along with his mother and another sister, came to the complainant’s house in the Kumarwadi area and quarrelled with his son, and forcibly took his daughter-in-law to their house.
On June 12, the prime accused, along with his two cousins and a woman relative, forcibly entered the complainant’s house with rods, a knife and wooden sticks, and attacked his son, police said.
The prime accused initially attacked the victim with a rod on the head, and the other accused attacked him with a knife and wooden sticks, following which he died on the spot, police said.
The accused also attacked the complainant, due to which he received bleeding injuries on his right hand and right cheek, police said.
After an intensive investigation, the police apprehended all four accused, including a woman, on June 13 and took them into custody for questioning.
Further investigation is underway to ascertain the exact sequence of events and the role of each accused in the murder.
The arrested persons are expected to be produced before a court after the completion of preliminary interrogation. Police have not ruled out the possibility of additional arrests in the case.
