Hyderabad veterinarian’s rape and murder: All 4 accused shot dead in encounter

All four people accused in the rape and murder of woman veterinarian in Telangana have been killed in an encounter with the police in the wee hours of Friday, between 3 am and 6 am.

The four accused in the rape and murder of woman veterinarian were killed in an encounter with the police when the accused tried to escape while being taken to the crime spot. 

As per the latest update, senior Police officials have arrived at the site of the encounter. All four accused in the rape and murder of woman veterinarian in Telangana were killed in an encounter with the police when the accused tried to escape while being taken to the crime spot.

"The accused Mohammed Arif, Naveen, Shiva and Chennakeshavulu were killed in a Police encounter at Chatanpally, Shadnagar today in the wee hours, between 3 am and 6 am. I have reached the spot and further details will be revealed,"  said Cyberabad Police Commissioner V C Sajjanar. 

Meanwhile, the father of the victim said, "It has been 10 days to the day my daughter died. I express my gratitude towards the police & govt for this. My daughter's soul must be at peace now."

Notably, the doctor was brutally gang-raped and killed by four persons before they burnt her body in Shamshabad area on November 27. The four accused were in judicial custody at Cherlapally Central Jail in Hyderabad.

The woman veterinary doctor, who was found burnt at Shadnagar outskirts in Telangana's Ranga Reddy district was sexually assaulted. The doctor was sexually assaulted before she was burnt to death.

Narrating the ordeal, the victim's sister had said, "Last night I spoke to her and she told me she is scared and later when I called her phone was off. We searched for her but we could not find anything so later we filed a complained in the police station."

"We received a complaint in Shamshabad Rural Police Station from her sister. The victim was working as a veterinary doctor had gone to a hospital for treatment and while she was returning her vehicle's tires got punctured. Today morning she was found brutally murdered and burnt at Shadnagar outskirts," ACP of Shadnagar, V Surender said.

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