Three members of a family were murdered during a clash with another family in Salapaka village in Kajuluru mandal of Kakinada district, on Thursday night. According to Kakinada Rural circle inspector D. S.
Chaitanya Krishna, Potlakayala Nageswara Rao and Bathula Chinnayya live in adjacent houses in the village. Previously, Chinnayya had an extramarital affair with Babi, the wife of Nageswara Rao. This issue was brought to the attention of the village elders, who reprimanded both Chinnayya and Babi.
Following this, Babi ended her affair with Chinnayya. However, Chinnayya continued to verbally abuse Nageswara Rao and Babi with foul language while intoxicated..