The 30-year-old accused has been found dead on railway tracks this morning. The case involves the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl child, whose body was found September 9, at Station Ghanapur in Telangana.
The dead body was discovered a day after a lookout notice for the accused in the Saidabad rape case was issued.
The Hyderabad police said the suspect appears to have committed suicide and the man is assumed to be Pallakonda Raju, who has been missing since the day the child’s dead body was found inside his home on Sunday.
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After the incident hashtags like #Saidabad, #Saidabadincident and #telanganapolice started trending on the micro-blogging site. Many netizens praised the Telangana police and named this ‘suicide’ as ‘Encounter.’
Here are the reactions of the netizens:
One of the users wrote, “Sometimes Justice is also found at railway tracks... Thank you #telanganapolice #justiceforchaitra #JusticeForChaitraBanjara.”
Second wrote, “Frankly it doesn't matter whether you meet up the deceased family or not, but it is more important than the justice is done to the family and the society. Kudos to the #telanganapolice and @TelanganaDGP Garu for their breathless efforts in fixing up the bug.”
While the third wrote, “It's high time other state police should learn how to tackle crime, from #TelanganaPolice.”
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