Vijayawada, June 28: A physical education teacher was arrested for allegedly killing a grocery store owner who warned him to stay away from his daughter, police said on Friday. The murder happened in the Bandar Road area under the Krishna Lanka police station in Vijayawada on Thursday night and a video of the incident surfaced on the internet. Andhra Pradesh Shocker: Businessman Abducted, Thrashed and Forced to Drink Urine for Allegedly Sending Obscene Messages to Women in Visakhapatnam; One Accused Held.

In the video, the accused, identified as Manikanta, was seen hacking the grocery store owner with a sickle in his hand. The daughter of the grocery store owner was also seen trying to save him. The deceased, identified as K Shriramachandra Prasad (56), was running a grocery store in Brindavan Colony and was a resident of Bhavanipuram. Andhra Pradesh Shocker: Woman Jumps Into Lake With Two Daughters Due to Domestic Problems in Sri Sathya Sai District.

Durga Rao, Krishna Lanka Circle inspector, said, "Prasad's daughter, Darshini is a second-year engineering student. She met Manikanta, a physical education teacher at Vidhyadharpuram's Vijayanagara Vihara School, through Instagram. They had been in love for four years, however, Shriramachandra Prasad did not approve of their relationship." Despite this, Manikanta proposed to Darshini, but she rejected him. Angered by this, Manikanta killed Shriramachandra Prasad in front of his daughter, police said.

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