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A+ A-Hyderabad: WhatsApp has blocked the helpline number of Cyberabad Police Commissionerate, forcing it to switch to an alternate number for time being, after it received a flood of messages following November 27 gang-rape and murder of a veterinarian. Sajjanar tweeted on Sunday that WhatsApp has blocked Cyberabad Police’s WhatsApp number 9490617444. WhatsApp apparently deactivated the number after it received a flood of messages following the November 27 incident of gang-rape and murder of the veterinarian by four youths at Shamshabad on the city outskirts under the limits of Cyberabad Commissionerate. Cyberabad Commissionerate officials have sent a mail to WhatsApp, requesting it to activate the number. All four accused were killed by police in an alleged ‘encounter’ at Chatanpally near Shadnagar town on December 6..