THE Supreme Court-appointed inquiry commission probing the alleged encounter killing of four suspects in the gangrape and murder of a woman veterinarian, on Sunday inspected Chatanpally where the accused were gunned down by police two years ago. The three-member judicial commission, whose probe is said to be in the final stage, visited Chatanpally near Shadnagar town, about 50 km from Hyderabad. V S Sirpurkar Commission chairman and members Justice Rekha P Sondur Baldota and Dr D R Kaarthikeyan inspected the open fields where the four persons accused of raping and murdering her, were killed in an alleged encounter on December 6, 2019. They also visited the underpass of the national highway where the victim’s charred body was found on November 27, 2019. Some local residents staged a protest during the commission’s visit to Shadnagar police station.

 

They raised slogans opposing the investigation and justifying the killings of the suspects. The four accused were shot dead at Chatanpally on National Highway-44 near Hyderabad, the same highway where the charred body of a 27-year-old Disha (as the victim is referred to by the investigators) was found. According to police, Disha was kidnapped and sexually assaulted near Outer Ring Road (ORR) on the outskirts of Hyderabad on the night of November 27, 2019.