Thursday, December 5, 2019

Special court set up for speedy trial in Telangana vet murder
Police get custody of accused for seven days

05/12/2019 , Special Correspondent, HYDERABAD

Protests continue: People holding a rally demanding justice for the rape victim in Hyderabad. G. RAMAKRISHNA

The Telangana government on Wednesday issued an order designating the first additional district and sessions judge of Mahbubnagar as the special court for speedy trial of the rape and murder case of the veterinarian. The Registrar General of the High Court would issue further directions on the matter, the order said.

The crucial process of reconstructing the sequence of events in the rape and murder of the woman veterinarian will commence after the Shadnagar court, 50 km from here, on Wednesday allowed a petition from the Cyberabad police seeking custody of the four accused in the case.

Three days after the investigators filed a petition, the court passed an order allowing them to take custody of the accused for seven days. As the order was issued late in the evening, the police are likely to take the four into custody on Thursday from the Charlapally Central Prison. “We need to ascertain several facts. How they shifted the victim’s body after violating her and several other dots need to be linked,” the investigators said.

Tight security

Security arrangements were made at the court in Shadnagar town in Rangareddy district. No journalist was allowed inside the court. The accused were not brought to the court for the hearing on the police petition.

With the Shadnagar and Mahbubnagar district bar associations saying that none of their members would represent the accused, there were no counter arguments on the petition seeking their police custody.

The petition for their custody was filed on Monday. No arguments were presented that day too as the local prosecutor was not available. The prosecutor from the Jadcherla district court eventually appeared on behalf of the police.

On Tuesday, notices were issued to the accused. They were told the investigators wanted to take them into custody. On Wednesday, the court finally issued an order for their custody.

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