Naga Vaishnavi

Palagani Naga Vaishnavi (21 January 2000 – 2 February 2010) was the daughter of Palagani Prabhakara Rao, a noted businessman from Andhra Pradesh, India, and his second wife Narmada.

Disappearance and aftermath

Vaishnavi was kidnapped on 30 January 2010, and murdered by her kidnappers on 2 February. That incident caused tremendous shock for her father, resulting in cardiac arrest and death. She had previously been kidnapped in 2005. Her murder caused widespread outrage throughout Andhra Pradesh.

Her older brother, Sai Tejesh, escaped from the truck when Vaishnavi was kidnapped. Her father had sought justice for his daughter's murder, and has now died due to a heart attack.

A Vijayawada Women Sessions Court in June 2018 sentenced the three accused kidnappers to life imprisonment.

Both of Naga's parents died before the accused were sentenced.