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reveals that there is an eyewitness to the massacre, a saint named
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In the aftermath, Asima reveals to Padma that Kalki was responsible for Sekhar Babu's death after discovering his involvement in the boating massacre. Dutta, overhearing this, realizes that Kalki was sent by the police department to eliminate
Narsappa and Perumaallu for their crimes. He also uncovers
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Kollapur. During these conflicts, Raja Balakishan Rao, the benevolent ruler of Kollapur, was betrayed by his commander Narsappa and killed. After Hyderabad's accession to India in 1948, Narsappa aimed to gain power by contesting in the general elections. However,
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Kalki apprehends the masked men, revealing them to be familiar figures in the village, and discovers that
Narsappa was behind the destruction of Nagulakona and the massacre on the boats. Kalki arrests Narsappa, exposing Palapitta as an undercover cop. However, Perumaallu escapes and kills Narsappa,
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Narsappa's crimes, was not as innocent as the villagers believed. Kalki and Dutta confront the masked men involved in the crimes, and Sambasivudu is fatally wounded while protecting Perumaallu,
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Taking advantage of Raja Ratnam's strained relationship with his son
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that Kalki is the son of Rani
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festival with a poisoned arrow, was staged, and that the poison was extracted from a rare snake found in
Nagulakona, a village recently destroyed by a suspicious fire. Kalki and Dutta visit the site and realize the fire was deliberately set to eliminate the villagers.
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Raja Balakishan Rao's widow, Rani Ramachandramma, was persuaded by Raja Ratnam, a close confidant of the Raja, to enter the elections for the welfare of Kollapur. Rani Ramachandramma won and established several institutions, including schools and hospitals.
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