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Ep 4 of 14: The Inner Circle

Strangeland

Audiochuck | Western Sound

True Crime

4.22.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

The Narra murders divide the sizable Indian community in South Jersey. Hanu’s closest confidants at the powerful Telugu Association of North America (TANA) keep strangely silent while other Indian cultural groups readily assist investigators in drumming up new leads. Is TANA trying to protect someone?

Transcript

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0:00.0

There was a strange thing that happened during that interview that Hanunara gave to Indian

0:05.0

news channel Indi TV.

0:07.5

This was just a day or two after he discovered his wife and six-year-old son stabbed to death

0:12.3

after returning home from an office happy hour.

0:15.3

Every day when I come home, I just enter, I take out my shoe, then I call my son's

0:22.5

name on each.

0:23.5

We listened to part of that interview last episode.

0:25.5

Every day he'll come and give one hug, but yesterday he did not come.

0:30.2

The interview was short, less than two minutes long, and right near the end of it, this

0:35.0

exchange happens.

0:36.0

Are you satisfied with the way the police supported you through this investigation of these

0:41.6

hours?

0:42.6

Yes, of course, even Thanha supported me from last night.

0:46.8

They were with me from the last night and Till Lumph and they were supporting me throughout

0:52.0

this process.

0:53.0

The reporter asked Hanunara if he's satisfied with the way the police have treated him,

0:57.4

and Hanunara says, quote, yes, of course, even Thanha supported me from last night.

1:03.8

In other words, before answering the question about the police, Hanun gives a shout out to Thanha,

1:10.4

which is the Telugu Association of North America.

1:13.8

Thanha is a multi-million dollar nonprofit whose mission is to support Telugu-speaking

1:18.0

immigrants from southern India.

1:21.0

I'm still puzzling over the name from the 911 call.

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