Hyd rape accused found dead after encounter threat

September 16, 2021 12:27

A man wanted in the case of the rape and murder of a six-year old girl in Hyderaba was found dead on a railway track in Jangaon district on Thursday, Telangana Director General of Police M Mahendar Reddy tweeted.

The accused was identified after the verification of identification marks on the body, he said. "The accused of "Child Sexual Molestation and murder @ Singareni Colony, found dead on the railway track, in the limits of #StationGhanpurPoliceStation. Declared after the verification of identification marks on deceased body," Reddy tweeted.

A senior police official from Janagaon said the body with head injuries was found on the track in Station Ghanpur and the police reached the spot after some locals noticed a body on the track at around 9.45 am.

The police suspect that the 30-year old P Raju, the accused must have committed suicide by jumping before a running train, the official said.

News of the death comes two days after Telangana Minister Malla Reddy's comment that the accused "will be killed in an encounter".

"We will catch the rapist and murderer. There will be an encounter after he is caught," Reddy had told reporters in Hyderabad on Tuesday.

The police had released a photo of the suspect and had announced a reward of Rs 10 lakh for the 30-year-old, who was a neighbour of the child he allegedly raped and killed.

The girl was raped and murdered allegedly by a man in a neighbouring house at Saidabad on the evening of September 9. The incident triggered protests by residents of the locality who had raised slogans and demanded justice and quick arrest of the culprit. PTI

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