The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave the Commission of Inquiry six months to submit its report Four accused killed in police encounter within the matter of Hyderabad veterinarian murdered and raped, which led to protests throughout the nation in 2019.
The high courtroom had constituted a three-member inquiry panel in December 2019 to look into the matter and file its report in six months. However, the panel had requested a further six months in July 2020 and once more in January this 12 months, citing unavoidable causes because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Why and why is this matter going on? It can be done in 3-4 months,” a bench headed by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana requested on Tuesday whereas listening to advocate Okay Parameshwara, showing for the petitioner. The bench additionally referred to an identical panel set as much as probe the encounter killing of a gangster Vikas Dubey in Uttar Pradesh and mentioned that they’ve already filed the report.
To which, the lawyer replied that he has a listing of 130 witnesses and couldn’t full the proceedings as a consequence of COVID-19.
The probe panel is headed by former apex courtroom decide Justice (retd) VS Sirpurkar and contains former Bombay High Court decide Rekha Sondoor Baldota and former CBI director DR Karthikeyan.
The panel was set as much as probe the police encounter that killed all of the 4 accused – Mohd Arif, Chintakunta Chennakeshavulu, Jollu Siva and Jollu Naveen – for the alleged gang rape and homicide of the veterinarian, whose burnt physique The police recovered it on November 28. 2019
According to the police, the 4 have been taken to Chatapally – the place the incident came about on November 27 – to reconstruct the crime scene, throughout which they allegedly tried to flee after attacking the police crew. In self-defense, the police shot him, an officer had informed The Indian Express.
– With inputs from Live Law, PTI
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
