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Hyderabad, Sep 16 (PTI) A man wanted in the case of rape and murder of a six-year old girl here allegedly died by suicide with his body being found on a railway track in Jangaon district on Thursday, police said.The incident occurred two days after Telangana Labour Minister Ch Malla Reddy had on September 14 said that the accused in the case would be caught and that there should be an "encounter" against him.Family members of the accused claimed he might have been killed.The girl was allegedly raped and murdered in a neighbouring house at Saidabad here on the evening of September 9.Based on preliminary investigation, a senior police official said the accused P Raju, aged around 30, was found walking on the track by gangmen, who asked him to move aside from the track, but he did not and was hit by a passenger train at around 8.45 AM."This looks to be a clear case of suicide as of now," Warangal Police Commissioner Tarun Joshi said at the death spot, about 120 Kms from here.After being informed, police reached the spot and after verification established the identity of the deceased, based on the tattoos on his hands and some other marks to be that of the accused.The family members have also identified the body, the Police Commissioner said.“As the massive manhunt operation was underway, the suspect felt that now he cannot runaway from the police and that is why out of frustration he committed suicide," the Hyderabad Police chief Anjani Kumar said here.The family members of the accused, who were shell-shocked after coming to know about their kin’s death, claimed that he might have been killed."He was killed.
What is left now? Initially, it was said that he was caught three days ago...
Yesterday and day before yesterday, they said you will be released only if your son is caught or you will also be sent to jail.
They said order has come from above to shoot him.
We overheard when they were talking," mother of the accused Raju told reporters.Officials collected details from them on Wednesday and let them off at night.When asked if he was caught, they replied in the negative, she said."It appears they have killed my son in the morning.
They found him three days ago.