Telangana HC orders judicial probe into alleged suicide of man accused of rape and murder of 6-year-old girl

Naveen S Garewal
Tribune News Service
Hyderabad, September 17

The Telangana High Court has ordered a judicial probe into the alleged suicide of Pallakonda Raju, who was wanted for the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl at Saidabad.

President of State Civil Liberties Committee, Prof Gaddam Laxman filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Telangana High Court alleging that the accused had been killed by the police and termed it as suicide.

The matter came up before a Division Bench of acting Chief Justice MS Ramchandra Rao and Justice T Vinod Kumar. The state’s Advocate General B Prasad refuted the charges, saying the police have recorded the statement of seven witnesses in this regard and the post-mortem has been videographed.

But after arguments, the Bench ordered a judicial inquiry and directed the third metropolitan magistrate of Warangal court to probe the issue.

The court has also directed the magistrate to submit a detailed report in a sealed cover within four weeks.