The four accused families in connection with the rape and murder of veterinarian have moved Supreme Court, seeking registration of murder case against the police officers involved. Alleging that the youth were killed in a stage-managed gunfight, the families sought investigations by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or some other agency. They also sought direction to Telangana government to pay them Rs 50 lakh compensation each. The families filed a common writ petition under the provisions of Article 32 of the Constitution that enables individuals to seek redressal for the violation of their fundamental rights.
The petition asked the court to call for all the police records before and after the “encounter”. “State to provide adequate compensation and damages of Rs 50,000,00 (Lakhs) each to the deceased family for fake encounter killing of 4 deceased accused,” said the petition. The petitioners also sought a CBI probe into the role of the Cyberabad Police Commissioner V.C. Sajjanar. The petitioners made the Union Home Secretary, the Telangana Chief Secretary, Assistant Commissioner of Police V. Surender and Police Inspector A. Sreedhar Kumar respondents. They also urged the Supreme Court to quash the cases registered against the deceased – Mohammed Arif, Jollu Shiva, Jollu Naveen and Chintakuntla Chennakeshavulu.
The accused in the gang-rape and murder of a veterinary doctor were killed by police at Chatanpally near Shadnagar town, about 50 km from Hyderabad. Police claimed that the accused attacked the police party escorting them, snatched their weapons and opened fire and all four were killed in retaliatory fire. The police had taken them to reconstruct crime scene at Chatanpally, where they had allegedly burnt the body of the victim on the night of November 27 after committing the gang-rape at Shamshabad on the outskirts of Hyderabad.
The Telangana government claimed in the apex court that the accused attempted to escape the police custody and also grabbed their guns, and then the police had to act in self defence. It insisted that the accused were killed in the cross-firing.
