In a country like India, where women are considered no less than goddesses, this can be read from the famous Sloka (Yatra Naryastu Pujyante Ramante Tatra Devata), taken from the Manusmriti (ancient legal text of India), rape is The fourth most common phenomenon is crimes against women. The latest example of this hypocrisy is the horrific sexual assault and burning of Priyanka Reddy, a young Indian veterinarian from Telangana state, which shocked the nation.
Events that shocked human conscience
Dr. Priyanka Reddy, 27, is a veterinarian from Shamshabad, Hyderabad, and is a native of Hyderabad, Telangana. On November 27, 2019, she was returning home after completing her work at a hospital in Kolluru village near Shadnagar in Hyderabad, where she had been working for the past one year. On the way, she was brutally raped and killed by four men. The next day, police found her half-burnt body under an underpass 30 kilometers from Shad Nagar. The accused reportedly forced her to drink alcohol before raping her. The accused purchased a full bottle of whiskey, another half bottle of whiskey, a liter of soft drinks and snacks from a wine shop in Tondupally village near the toll plaza. After dragging her into an open conspiracy, they forced her to drink alcoholic soft drinks and while she was in a semi-conscious state, they raped and killed her. The investigation also revealed that before raping her, they struck her on the back left side of the head with a hard object; rendering her unconscious. They then raped her multiple times.
Source: Asian Age
dirty trap
According to reports, the four defendants involved in this inhumane act first gained her trust on the pretext of helping her before attacking her. According to Cyberabad Police Commissioner VC Sajjanar, the accused first noticed her and hatched a plan when she parked her red Hero Maestro motorcycle at the ORR toll plaza in Tondupally and took a shared taxi to a clinic in Gachibowli . They discussed the plan while drinking in the truck. One of the defendants came up with the idea of deflating the tires of her scooter so she couldn’t leave. When she returned to the toll booth to pick up her motorcycle, the stranger told her she had a flat tire. According to police, the perpetrator may have stabbed Priyanka’s scooter intentionally. The main suspect, Aref, reportedly approached her to help fix a flat tire, while another suspect, Jolu Shiva, took her motorcycle to a repair shop; however, when he returned, he said all shops were closed. Before she could react, the defendant dragged her about 15 meters into the open space on the roadside.
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“I’m scared”
Her final call to her sister showed how strangers confronted her and moved on, citing trouble as she had a flat tire on her scooter. During the 6 minutes and 45 seconds of the call, the veterinarian spoke normally except when she expressed fear; she was trapped in an area where many unidentified men and several loaded trucks were parked. While on the phone with her sister, the veterinarian said:
I started the bike but they started yelling from behind saying ma’am you have a flat tire and you can’t go on. Although I thought I could go to the bus station to get it repaired, they wouldn’t let me go. They told me to get down and sent a boy to fix it. But he also came back and said all the shops were closed. “
Her sister asked her to walk to the nearest toll booth and wait there. She even told Priyanka to give up the two-wheeler.
She said I even asked her to get out of the vehicle. After a while I called her and her phone was turned off. “
last few hours
After raping her multiple times, one of the defendants grabbed her legs while the other suffocated and gagged her, killing her on the spot. They then removed the license plate from her motorcycle, threw her body into the cab of the truck and left. According to reports, there were two accused persons in the truck and two others were following her on her motorcycle. At around 10:20 pm on November 27, 2019, they made a U-turn after the toll plaza and headed towards Shad Nagar. They traveled to Chattanpalli where they dumped her body. After failing to get petrol from empty bottles at two petrol pumps, they finally succeeded at a petrol pump near Koser. Thereafter, they stopped near a culvert in Chattanpalli. The accused then wrapped her body in a blanket and carried it under a culvert, where he set it on fire with petrol and diesel before leaving. According to reports, two of the accused named Shiva and Naveen returned to the spot after some time to ensure that the body was completely burnt. After interrogating the accused, police released more gruesome details about Priyanka’s brutal rape and murder. The four accused reportedly continued to rape her in the bed of a truck even after her death.
Source: New Indian Express
from one police station to another
At around 9:44 that night, after Priyanka’s mobile phone was turned off, her parents rushed to the toll booth to look for her. They then went to shops and toll booths to inquire, and searched in the surrounding areas. After finding no trace of her, they reported the case to the police. Her family blamed the Telangana police for delaying in taking prompt action. During a media interaction, the family told reporters present that if the police had acted in time, she could have been saved. They also said that instead of being helped, they were forced to run between different police stations and wait for hours before being escorted by two police officers to search for their missing daughter. Sharing details of how authorities failed to find his daughter, the victim’s father, a government employee, said,
The police have been delaying the matter. They kept us waiting for three hours while two police officers went to find my daughter but could not find her. We lost our daughter to police indifference. ”
The emotionally broken father also said,
Whoever did this should be hanged. “
A milkman discovered her body
A milkman named Shamala Satyam first noticed a fire under the culvert on the morning of Thursday, November 28, 2019; however, he thought it was a bonfire as he passed by. As he was retracing his steps, he noticed a raised hand-like part and alerted the villagers, who then called the police.
Identify her body
After the police reached the spot where Priyanka’s charred body was found, they called Priyanka’s family members and asked to identify the charred body located on Chattanpalli Bypass Road in Shad Nagar, 25 km from where she disappeared. . With the help of a scarf, a Ganesha locket and a belt buckle, the family was able to identify the charred body as that of Reddy.
accused arrested
On November 29, 2019, two days after the horrific incident, Cyberbad Police Commissioner VC Sajjanar informed the media that the four men involved in the rape and murder of the veterinary doctor had been traced and captured. The accused was identified as Mohammad Pasha (the main accused), a truck driver belonging to Narayanpet in Mahabub Nagar. The other three, both 20 years old, are cleaners J Shiva and J Naveen, and driver C Chennakeshavulu, also known as Chenna. They are all residents of Makthal in Narayanpet district.
Source: AltNews
Reminder of Nirbhaya Incident
The brutal rape and murder of the 27-year-old veterinarian is reminiscent of the horrific rape and murder of Nirbhaya, a 23-year-old female physiotherapy intern who was gang-raped on December 16, 2012 in Delhi.
Hot news on social media
Soon after the news of Priyanka’s brutal murder broke, #RIPPriyankaReddy took over various social media platforms by storm and the news was trending on Twitter for hours.
Social media platforms have been flooded with condemnations of this inhumane behavior, with some even going so far as to chant “Animals are better than us humans.”
huge public outrage
The gang rape and murder of a 27-year-old woman sparked huge public outrage in the country, with protesters taking to the streets and politicians calling for “lynchings” of the criminals. Protesters across the country have demanded a speedy investigation into the Hyderabad case.
Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said in a speech in Parliament:
This behavior brings shame to the entire country and hurts everyone. “
One of them is MP and former Bollywood actor Jaya Bachchan, who has been an outspoken supporter of women’s rights. She said in parliament,
I know this sounds harsh, but this type of person should be taken out into public and lynched. “
An encounter brings the case to a climax
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On the morning of December 6, 2019, the nation woke up to the news of what happened to all four accused in the 2019 Hyderabad gang-rape and murder case. In a confrontation between all four accused – Muhammad Ali alias Muhammad Arif, Jolu Shiva, Jolu Naveen Kumar and Chintakunta Chenna Keshaulu Social media erupted with praise for Cyberbad police chief VC Sajjanar after he was killed while trying to escape. Taken to the murder scene. Cyberabad police shot dead all four suspects in the veterinary rape and murder case in a pre-dawn encounter. According to reports, police opened fire on them on the National Highway 4 near Hyderabad at around 3 am on December 6, 2019, at the very spot where the charred body of the 27-year-old victim was found. The police have brought the accused to the scene to recreate the crime scene. According to the police, shortly after arriving at the scene, the defendants began throwing stones at the police in order to escape. Even after repeated warnings to surrender, the defendants refused to obey the instructions; forcing the police to encounter them.
“My daughter’s soul now rests in peace”
Soon after the news broke about what happened to the four accused in the 2019 Hyderabad gang-rape and murder case, the victim’s father expressed great joy and thanked the police and Telangana government for it. Upon learning of the encounter, the veterinarian’s father said:
It has been ten days since my daughter died. I express my gratitude to the police and the government for this. My daughter’s soul must be at peace now. “
terrible timeline
November 27, 2019 (Wednesday)
- 3:50 pm – Veterinarians leave Kural Hospital.
- 5:30 pm – She returns home from get off work and within 20 minutes, heads to another hospital in Gachibowli for an appointment.
- 6:20 pm – Parked her red Hero Maestro motorcycle near the ORR toll plaza in Tondupally.
- 9:00pm – Return to the toll station to pick up the car.
- 9:20pm – Spotted crossing the street towards her scooter.
- 9:22pm – Called her sister.
- 9:44pm – Her phone is found switched off.
- 10:20pm – When her sister calls her again, the phone is switched off.
November 28, 2019 (Thursday)
- 1:00 AM – Shamshabad Police Station receives a missing persons complaint.
- 5:15am – Milkman Shamala Satyam first noticed the fire under the culvert and thought it was a bonfire set by some farmers as he passed by.
- 6.45am – As the milkman was retracing his steps, he noticed a raised hand-like part and went to investigate, only to discover it was the charred body of a 27-year-old veterinarian.
Categories: Biography
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