- By Abhinav Gupta
- Fri, 06 Dec 2019 09:59 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: In a major development, all four accused in the Hyderabad veterinarian’s gang-rape and murder case were killed in police encounter in the wee hours of Friday.
The four accused -- Mohammed (26), Jollu Shiva (20), Jollu Naveen (20) and Chintakunta Chennakeshavulu (20) had been taken to the crime scene as part of the investigation, when they attempted to flee and were shot by policemen.
Reacting to the development, Asha Devi, mother of the horrific Nirbhaya case victim, said that she was extremely happy with the police action, adding that no action should be taken against the police personnel who gunned down the perpetrators.
“I am extremely happy with this punishment .Police has done a great job and I demand that no action should be taken against the police personnel,” Asha Devi told ANI.
Further, demanding hanging of Nirbhaya’s culprits, she said: “I have been running from pillar to post for the last seven years. I appeal to the justice system of this country and the government, that Nirbhaya's culprits must be hanged to death, at the earliest.”
Reacting to the killing of the four accused in the encounter, the victim's sister said they welcomed it.
“We are happy. We did not expect this (killing in encounter). We thought they would be hanged through courts.
"We thank everyone who stood by us. With this incident people should be scared to indulge in such crimes (against women),” she told reporters.
The four men, all lorry workers, aged between 20 and 24, were arrested on November 29 for raping and killing the woman by smothering her and later burning her body. They were remanded to 7 days' judicial custody.
The gang rape-and-murder triggered a nation-wide outrage with the public and lawmakers demanding speedy punishment to the perpetrators. The state government had ordered setting up of a special court (fast track) to expedite the trial.
