Telugu Desam Party Vijayawada city urban secretary Padala Kanna (44), died under suspicious circumstances on Monday. His body was found on the roadside under Machavaram police station limits.
Police said that Kanna left his house at 6 p.m. on Sunday and did not return. Kanna went out alone, his family members said.
West Zone Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) T. Prabhakar said that no external injuries were found on the body. “The reason for the death would be known only after post-mortem,” the ACP said.
Machavaram Circle Inspector K. Umamaheswara Rao, who visited the spot said that the body was found on a by-lane near Chuttugunta. Police registered a case of suspicious death and investigation is on, Mr. Rao said.