Butcher arrested in Vijayawada canal murder case; a tattoo helped police identify the victim

Police say butcher Shafi, 45, killed Kalyani alias Durga after a quarrel over money and dumped her body in the VTPS cooling canal with a helper’s aid; the helper has been detainedThe West Zone police of the Vijayawada NTR Police Commissionerate on Tuesday (September 29, 2026) arrested Shafi, 45, a butcher in Bhavanipuram, in connection with the murder of Kalyani alias Durga, 29, of Mangalagiri, whose dismembered body was found in the VTPS cooling canal at Ibrahimpatnam on September 18.