Woman veterinarian's rape-murder: 4 accused sent to 14 days' judicial custody

Hyderabad: A local court in Telangana’s Shadnagar sent all the four accused in the gruesome gangrape and murder of a woman veterinarian doctor to 14-day judicial custody.

The Cyberabad Police had arrested four men on Friday in connection with their involvement in the rape and murder case.

The 25-year-old veterinary doctor, who works in a state run hospital, was raped and killed by the four, all of whom are lorry workers, on Thursday night, Cyberabad Police Commissioner V C Sajjanar told reporters here on Friday.

The victim parked her vehicle near a toll plaza at Shamshabad on Thursday evening and left for Gachibowli in the city, he said.

“The four people saw her parking her vehicle near the toll plaza at 6 PM on November 27 and while consuming alcohol, hatched a plan to commit the crime (rape), police said.

One of them, Jollu Siva, deflated the tyres of the two- wheeler and offered to help her.

Sensing trouble, the victim rang up her sister, informed her about the ‘puncture’ and expressed her fear about the man, they said.

One of the four accused took away her scooter on the pretext of getting it repaired.

Then Mohammad alias Arif, Jollu Naveen and Chintakunta Chennakesavulu forcibly took her inside a compound wall nearby.

Jollu Siva then returned with the vehicle and all of them repeatedly raped her.

Arif gagged her till she died. They kept the body in a lorry cabin to dispose it off later.

The four bought petrol and also took out some diesel from their vehicle, poured it on the body and set it ablaze, police said.

A milk vendor saw the burning body on Friday morning and initially thought it was a fire somebody had lit to keep out the cold.

Later, when he was returning, he found that it was the body of a woman and informed police, they said.

Police zeroed in on the accused with the help of CCTV footage and identified the lorry.

The Commissioner said the case would be tried in a fast- track court.