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tified as Mohammad Arif, Jollu Naveen, keshavulu, “We are saddened by the incident. It is unfortunate
Jollu Shiva all of them were drivers and cleaners of that she called her sister and not ‘100’. Had she called
a lorry parked near the toll booth. According to the ‘100’, she could have been saved,” Telangana Home
investigation, all four of them were consuming alco- Minister Mohammad Mahmood Ali had said.
hol at Shamshabad toll plaza, when they hatched the People condemned the remarks of Mahmood
plan to rape the veterinary after they saw her parking Ali after which, the minister clarified his statement
her scooter. saying the victim is like her daughter, “ I’m deeply
One of them punctured the rear wheel of the vet’s saddened by the mishap, she was like my own daugh-
scooter after she was gone and when she returned to ter. Stringent punishment will be given to culprit,”
take her scooter at around 9:15 pm, she realised that said the minister.
one of the tyres of the scooter is punctured. On the
pretext of getting the scooter fixed, the prime accused FAST TRACK COURT
Arif approached her. Another accused Shiva took her Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao,
scooter and came back after sometime and told her popularly known as KCR, ordered the setting up of
that all the repair shops were closed. a fast-track court for trial in the case and assured all
The accused then abducted the doctor, took her
to an isolated place and raped her. According to the
police, the veterinary died because accused had Family members of
covered her mouth and nose while committing the
crime, she was smothered. Realising that she has
died, the accused then wrapped vet’s body in a blan- the men accused in
ket, took her under Chatanpalli bridge in Shadnagar
in their lorry and burnt the body. the Hyderabad gang
All four accused were remanded to 14 days judi-
cial custody in Charalapally Central jail amid tight rape-murder case say
security.
VICTIM WAS SCARED they advocate strict
The Veterinary’s younger sister told the police that punishment. The prime
her sister called her around 9.22 pm and informed
her that she was at the toll plaza as her scooter is
punctured, she also told her sister that a person of- accused’s mother, in
fered her help and took her scooter for repair and
she is waiting for him to get back with her scooter. fact, thinks her son
She then told her sister that she is scared as there are
some truck drivers standing nearby. However, later should suffer a fate
she hung up telling her sister she would call soon.
Later at around 9:44 pm, Vet’s sister called her back similar to the victim’s
to check on the situation and at that time her phone
was switched off. When the family failed to establish
contact with her over the phone, they went to the
toll plaza but failed to find her. The family had to run necessary help to the family.
from one police station to other to get their complaint KCR said, “Officials have been instructed to
registered. Top police officials have suspended three investigate the murder of the veterinary fast and take
policemen, sub-inspector M Ravi Kumar, and head action against the culprits. It was decided to set up a
constables P Venugopala Reddy and Satyanarayana fast track court for a quick trial of the case. Officials
Goud for dereliction of duty and delay in action, as have been asked to initiate the process.”
instead of registering FIR, they had asked the family KCR also announced that the government is ready
to go to another nearby police station. to provide all necessary assistance to the family of the
veterinary.
MINISTER SLAMMED
A day after vet’s charred body was found, Telangana ACCUSED NABBED
Home Minister comments kicked up a storm that the The Police teams investigating the case checked on
incident could have been prevented if the victim had various CCTV footages around the area of crime, in
called the police instead of her sister. one of the CCTV footage of a petrol pump at Kottur

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