Families of slain Hyd accused to wait longer for last rites

Hyderabad | Saturday | 7th December, 2019

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A+ A-Hyderabad: The families of the slain accused in the 25-year-old woman veterinarian’s gang-rape and murder case will have to wait longer to conduct their last rites as the bodies were preserved on the direction of Telangana High Court. After the visit by NHRC team, the bodies may be shifted to Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad as Mahabubnagar hospital lacks the facilities to preserve the bodies for a longer duration. The families of the slain accused were waiting at the hospital to receive the bodies when the High Court intervened to direct the authorities to preserve the bodies till Monday. Police forces were deployed in the villages of the slain accused. The four accused killed in the encounter were lorry drivers Mohammed Pasha alias Arif, Chintakunta Chennakeshavulu and lorry cleaners Jollu Shiva and Jollu Naveen..