Cyberabad Police Commissioner VC Sajjanar on Friday addressed a press conference detailing the sequence of events that took place in the wee hours of Friday. The four accused who raped and murdered the veterinarian doctor before charring her body, were shot dead in a police encounter at around 6 AM.
“The four accused had been in police custody for 10 days. We had interrogated all of them. When they confessed to the crime, we took them to the site where the incident occurred to reconstruct the scene. When we reached the spot, the accused managed to snatch our guns and attacked us. You can see that the accused are still lying there with the weapons. As a result, we had to engage in an encounter with them in which they were shot dead,” the police commissioner said.
The police chief further added that the encounter took place between 5:45 AM and 6:15 AM on Friday.
“There were about 10 policemen with the accused when they were brought here, and the rest were in the police vans. After they attacked us, we asked them to surrender but they continued to fire. We had to opened fire and they were killed in the encounter. During the encounter, two policemen have been injured and they have been shifted to the local hospital.”
The top cop also informed that two weapons have been seized from the accused persons. “The body of accused have been shifted to local govt hospital for post-mortem examination,” he added.
Source: dnaindia.com