Hyderabad, July 10 -- A dispute over ganja dealings, coupled with allegations of inappropriate messages sent to a woman, allegedly led to the murder of a 22-year-old man under the Hayathnagar police limits on Wednesday, July 8.

The deceased, identified as Nishani Suhas, was a resident of Pasumamula village in Hayathnagar mandal. According to police, Suhas was addicted to ganja and had allegedly turned to peddling the drug to finance his addiction.

Police said Suhas had earlier lived with his mother, Nandini, in Secunderabad, where he developed the addiction. Following the death of her husband and after marrying off her daughter, Nandini shifted to Pasumamula in an attempt to help her son overcome his drug dependency.

Dispute escalated...