NHRC team probes ‘encounter’ deaths of four accused in T’gana rape-murder

HYDERABAD: An investigative committee of the NHRC on Sunday continued its inquiry for the second day into the alleged encounter in which all four accused in the rape and murder of a young veterinarian were shot dead by police.

The families of the accused were brought to the city from Narayanpet district and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) team, as part of its inquiry, is likely to record their statements, police sources said.

“The NHRC team is continuing its inquiry,” a senior police official told PTI.

A day after the pre-dawn ‘encounter’, which has triggered a raging debate over the police action, the team was deputed by the commission on a ‘fact-finding’ probe.

The team on Saturday had visited the mortuary at a staterun hospital in Mahabubnagar district, where the bodies of the four accused have been kept after post-mortem.

The NHRC team, including a forensic medicine expert, had examined the bodies and also visited Chattanpalli village, about 50 kms from here, the spot where the charred remains of the woman were found beneath a culvert on November 28, and also the nearby encounter site.

Taking cognisance of the ‘encounter’ killings of the four accused on Friday, the commission has ordered the probe.

The apex human rights body had said the encounter was a matter of concern and needed to be investigated carefully, following which the seven-member team had been deputed for “a fact-finding, on-the-spot investigation into the matter.”

The post-mortem of the four accused had been performed at the Government District Hospital in Mahabubnagar district and videographed.

Meanwhile, the Telangana high court which had on Friday directed the state government to preserve the bodies of four accused till 8 pm on December 9 will take up the matter for hearing on Monday.

NHRC, THE APEX HUMAN RIGHTS BODY, HAD SAID THE ENCOUNTER WAS A MATTER OF CONCERN AND HAD TO BE PROBED CAREFULLY, FOLLOWING WHICH, A 7-MEMBER TEAM WAS CONSTITUTED