In a country like India where women are considered no less than a goddess, which can be deciphered from a famous sloka- “Yatra Naryastu Pujyante Ramante Tatra Devata” taken from Manusmriti (an ancient legal text in India), rape is the fourth most common crime against women. [1]NCRB The latest example of this hypocrisy is the horrendous sexual assault and burning of a young Indian veterinary doctor Priyanka Reddy from Telangana, which has shocked the nation.
An Incident that Shook the Conscience of Humanity
Track of Priyanka Reddy’s Murder Spots
The 27-year old Dr. Priyanka Reddy, a veterinary doctor from Shamshabad in Hyderabad was a native of Hyderabad, Telangana. On 27 November 2019, she was returning to her home after completing her duties in a hospital in Kolluru Village near Shadnagar in Hyderabad, where she had been working for the past one year. On her way, she was brutally raped and murdered by four men. The next day, police found her half-burnt dead body, 30 km away from Shadnagar, below an underpass. Reportedly, the accused forced her to drink alcohol before raping her. The accused purchased one full bottle, and another half bottle of whiskey, a litre of soft drink and snacks from a wine shop in Tondupally village, close to the toll plaza. After dragging her into an open plot, they forced her to consume the alcohol-laced soft drink, and as she became semi-conscious, they raped and killed her. Inquiries also revealed that before raping her, they hit with a solid object on the left rear portion of her head; leaving her unconscious. Then, they repeatedly raped her one-by-one.
Source: The Asian Age [2]The Asian Age
A Filthy Trap
Priyanka Reddy’s Scooter
Reportedly, the four accused involved in this inhuman act had first gained her confidence on the pretext of helping her before assaulting her. According to the Cyberabad Police Commissioner V. C. Sajjanar, the accused first noticed her and hatched a plan when she had parked her red Hero Maestro scooter at the ORR toll plaza at Tondupally and took a shared cab to a clinic in Gachibowli. They discussed this plan while consuming alcohol in their lorry. One of the accused came up with the idea of deflating her scooty’s tyre so that she wouldn’t be able to leave. When she returned to the toll plaza to get her scooter, strangers told her she had a flat tire. According to the police, the perpetrators might have punctured Priyanka’s scooty deliberately. Reportedly, the prime suspect, Areef had approached her to help in repairing the puncture, another suspect, Jollu Shiva had taken her scooter to the repair shop; however, he returned saying all shops were closed. Even before she could respond, the accused dragged her for about 15 metres into the open plot off the road.
Source: The Print [3]The Print
“I’m Scared”
Her last call to her sister shows how the strangers had confronted her moving ahead citing that she would be in trouble due to her scooter’s flat tyre. In the call that lasted for 6 minutes 45 seconds, the veterinary doctor was heard speaking normally except when she said that she was feeling scared; as she was stranded at a spot where there were a lot of unknown men and a number of loaded trucks parked. During the conversation with her sister on the phone, the veterinary doctor said,
I started my bike, but they started shouting from behind saying madam your tyre is flat and you cannot go ahead. Though I thought that I can get it repaired at the bus stand, they did not allow me to go ahead. They made me get down and sent a boy to repair it. But he also returned saying all shops were closed.”
Her sister told her to walk to the nearest toll gate and wait there. She had even told Priyanka to abandon the two-wheeler.
She said, I even asked her to come away leaving the vehicle. When I called after some time, her phone was switched off.”
The Last Hours
After repeatedly raping her one-by-one, one of the accused held her legs while the other one smothered and gagged her, killing her on the spot. Thereafter, they removed the number plate of her scooty and dumped her body in the cabin of their truck and left. Reportedly, two accused were in the truck while the other two followed on her scooty. Around 10:20 pm on the night of 27 November 2019, they took a u-turn after the toll plaza and headed towards Shadnagar. They travelled to Chatanpally where they dumped her dead body. After failing to get petrol in an empty bottle from two petrol pumps, they finally succeeded at a petrol pump near Kothur. Thereafter, they stopped near the culvert at Chatanpally. Then, the accused wrapped her body in a blanket and carried it under the culvert where they set it afire using petrol and diesel and left. Reportedly, two accused named Shiva and Naveen returned to the spot after a while to ensure the body was completely burnt. After the interrogation of the accused, the police came out with more chilling details regarding the brutal rape and murder of Priyanka. Reportedly, the four accused continued to rape her inside the cabin of a lorry even after she had died.
Source: The New Indian Express [4]The New Indian Express
From One Police Station to Another
After Priyanka’s phone went switched off around 9.44 pm on the night of the incident, her parents rushed to the toll-plaza to search for her. Later, they inquired at the shops, at the toll plaza and searched in the surrounding areas, and then lodged a police complaint when they could not locate her. Her family has accused the Telangana Police of delaying to take prompt action. In a media interaction, the family told the reporters present that the police could have saved her only if they acted on time. They also told that rather than helping them, they were made to run pillar to post between different police stations and wait for several hours before two constables were given as ride alongs to search for their missing daughter. While sharing the details of how the authorities failed to locate their daughter, the victim’s father, a government employee, said,
The police kept delaying the matter. They kept us waiting for three hours, two constables went looking for my daughter but failed. The police apathy costs us our daughter.” [5]I For Her
The emotionally devastated father also said,
Whoever has done this needs to be hanged to death.”
A Milkman Found Her Body
On the morning of 28 November 2019 (Thursday), a milkman named Shamala Satyam, first noticed fire underneath a culvert; however, he passed by thinking it was a bonfire. While returning back on the same path, he noticed a raised handlike part and alerted the villagers who later informed the police.
Identification of Her Body
After the police reached the spot where Priyanka’s charred body was found, they called Priyanka’s family to identify the charred body at Chattanpally Sub Road in Shadnagar, 25 km away from where she went missing. With the help of a scarf, a Ganesha locket, and a buckle, the family could identify the charred body as that of Reddy’s.
The Arrest of the Accused
Suspects in Priyanka Reddy’s Case
On 29 November 2019, two days after the horrific incident, the Cyberabad Police Commissioner VC Sajjanar briefed the media that the four men involved in the rape and murder of the veterinary doctor had been traced and nabbed. The accused were identified as Mohammed Pasha (the prime accused), a lorry driver who belongs to Narayanpet in Mahabubnagar. The other three, all aged 20, were cleaners J Shiva and J Naveen, and a driver, C Chennakeshavulu a.k.a. Chenna. All were residents of Makthal in Narayanpet district.
A Reminder of the Nirbhaya Case
The brutal rape and murder of the 27-year old veterinary doctor reminded the gruesome rape and murder of a 23-year-old female physiotherapy intern Nirbhaya who was gang-raped on 16 December 2012 in Delhi.
A Trending News on Social Media
Soon after the news of Priyanka’s brutal murder broke, various social media platforms stormed with #RIPPriyankaReddy, which remained top trending news on Twitter for several hours.
Priyanka Reddy Murder News Trend
The social media platforms flooded with condemnation of such inhuman acts and some even taunted with the slogans that animals are better than we humans.
A Cartoon in the condemnation of the Priyanka Reddy Murder
A Huge Public Outrage
A huge public outrage took place in the country over the gang-rape and murder of a 27-year-old woman, with protesters taking to the streets and politicians calling for the offenders to be “lynched.” The protestors across the country demanded a fast-track investigation in the Hyderabad case.
While speaking in the parliament, the Defence Minister of India, Rajnath Singh, said,
This act has brought shame to the entire country, it has hurt everyone.”
Jaya Bachchan, an MP and former Bollywood actor who has been a vocal proponent of women’s rights, was among those who spoke out. She said in the parliament,
I know it sounds harsh, but these kinds of people should be brought out in public and lynched.”
An Encounter that Culminated the Case
On the morning of 6 December 2019, the nation awoke with the news of the encounter of all the four accused in the 2019 Hyderabad Gang Rape & Murder Case. The social media erupted in praise for the Cyberabad Police Commissioner, VC Sajjanar, after all the four accused- Mohammad Ali alias Mohammad Arif, Jollu Shiva, Jollu Naveen Kumar, and Chintakunta Chenna Keshavulu were killed in an encounter after they tried to flee while they were being taken to the murder site. In a pre-dawn encounter, the Cyberabad Police shot dead all the four suspects of the veterinarian’s rape and murder case. Reportedly, around 3 am on 6 December 2019, the police open fire on them on the National Highway 4 near Hyderabad at the very same place where the charred body of the 27-year-old victim was found. The police had taken the accused to the spot for the recreation of the crime scene. According to the police, soon after the arrival at the spot, the accused started stoning cops in order to escape and even after a repeated warning to surrender, the accused didn’t follow the instructions; forcing the police to encounter them. [7]Deccan Herald
“My Daughter’s Soul at Peace Now”
Soon after the news about the encounter of the four accused in the 2019 Hyderabad Gang Rape & Murder erupted, the victim’s father said that he was very happy, and he thanked the police and the Telangana Government for it. Reacting to the news of the encounter, the father of the veterinarian said,
It has been 10 days since the day my daughter died. I express my gratitude towards the police and government for this. My daughter’s soul must be at peace now.”
The Horrendous Timeline
27 November 2019 (Wednesday)
- 3:50 pm– The veterinary doctor left the hospital at Kollur.
- 5:30 pm– She reached home from work and within 20 minutes, she left for an appointment at another hospital in Gachibowli.
- 6:20 pm– Parked her red Hero Maestro scooty near the ORR toll plaza at Tondupally.
- 9:00 pm– Returned to the toll plaza to get her scooty.
- 9:20 pm– Spotted crossing the road towards her scooty.
- 9:22 pm– Called her sister on the phone.
- 9:44 pm– Her cellphone was found switched off.
- 10:20 pm– When her sister called her again, the phone was switched off.
28 November 2019 (Thursday)
- 1:00 am– A missing person’s complaint was filed at Shamshabad police station.
- 5:15 am– Shamala Satyam, a milkman, first noticed fire underneath a culvert and passed by thinking it was a bonfire set up by some farmers.
- 6:45 am– While the same milkman was returning back on the same path, he noticed a raised handlike part and went to investigate, which turned out to be the charred body of the 27-year old veterinary doctor.
References
| ↑1 | NCRB |
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| ↑2 | The Asian Age |
| ↑3 | The Print |
| ↑4 | The New Indian Express |
| ↑5 | I For Her |
| ↑6 | AltNews |
| ↑7 | Deccan Herald |
All 4 of them Should be cut in pieces step by step and then should be burnt while they are alive then only our sister(પ્રિયંકા) will get justice
I feel very broken deep inside my soul to read and see such news. No animal from jungle is coming and carrying out such inhuman act for the fear of being killed by people but our own society people are playing with body and soul of people like us. Why are they not afraid of the consequences. The jungle animal does not come and trouble us forget about raping and killing us then why humans have n society are doing like this. Okay I got the answer. They are not afraid of the results like the jungle animal is afraid of us. So it is better to catch such animals who are hidden in humans and make them stand in centre of a very big crowd and all should throw stones at them till they are half dead. When others will see they will be afraid to do rape and murder like in Gulf countries. Everyone please think about it. Priyanka has suffered too much in her final moments, we cannot imagine also, and at last she is gone. Her family is suffering unnecessarily till when no one knows. We light candles, do morchas, that’s all and culprits go in jail that’s all. How will Priyanka’s soul rest in peace. Think. It is better to teach a lesson to every animal leaving in humans that if they become animals then they will be treated like animals. After proven guilty they should be stoned to death in front of everyone so that no one can dare to see a helpless girl with evil intentions forget about raping her physically and her family mentally. Jago Indians Jago. Please stop such sick animals to hurt us otherwise there will be many Nirbhayas and Priyankas.
We should take such a aaction to The rapiest…we should cut there ✒ penies from which the have been raped.. 😭😭😭
Totally Agree…if it will happen with all the rapist then there will be no rape case takes place in future.
How dare to rape the young lady
She is like my elder sister. They should
Think about her family. Why now a days
This idout mens are doing like this and
Treating the women’s as an object are we
Looking like that. As we no there are many
Cases like this. What police and government
Is doing and why they are not giving security for women’s.
Please give justice for Priyanka Reddy
Just hang them to death between the public
samajadalli enu nadithayide niskarunyavaagi mahileyara mele enthaha krutyagalu naditha eddaru namma sarkara namma vevaste enumaadtha ide. intha swathanthra bharathadalli badukuvadakintha , Aa British adinadalida Bharatha esto melo. Ee nararoopa raskasaranna yava angadinda aparaada maadidaro aa angavannu sarvjanikavaagi katharisi hakbeku.
How dare they do this
Just cut their hands and legs and give such a torcher that every people of India would think thousands of times
Before doing this worst things to any women or girl they should be afraid of doing this things
and there hands and legs should start shivering
Hang them all to death
For this Barbaric act, the culprits should be put on trail. Verdict given without appeal in fast track court. They should be stoned in public and then hanged to death. This will deter any new Human beasts.
repist ko fasi honi chahiye
all four should be hit by stones in public to die.
their families should be banished from that state.
really worst, feel like crying. one human torturing other human
humans behaving like a beast.
These four men should be hanged publicly very fast
The rapists should be publicly castrated and hangee to death. Enough is enough. What makes the government for making such laws and implementing them?
Those four animals in the name of humans didn’t even think who will suffer most!!! their parents! it’s very sad to see they have shamed their mother’s womb! and god will not forgive for that ever! i understand they are like animals who doesn’t have brains but somewhere those real animals have a heart a kind heart…. which is better than humans
According to me, get a sex change surgery for these men and gift them as sex slaves to the worst prisons in the world. Only fear of living through the punishment will remind every man, women could be weak but raping them will ensure we get raped for the rest of their lives.
Again the fear of such a law, is the misuse of it. Which is irreversible… If a woman does not take advantage of such a law, then it will be passed. If it’s passed, trust me it will never be used.
Since we don’t have such a law now, please can we publicly hang these 4 useless men, naked.
It is heart wrenching 😭
Indua needs to educate and reeducate all on value of human lives. Spiritual science morals should be taught and retaught.
All such dispicable lowlifes should be mercilessly tortured , lashes with whips then put salt on wounds and whip them again. Infront of their family members.
They should be forced to do hard manual labour for society infrastructure , only get roti abd water for upkeep and cycle repeated.
Forced to work as punishment and fines charged to them and their immediate families. This crime of theirs should affect them their families and their descendents for atleast 200 years.
All lot of the raipsts and their family members should be punished. When these idiots understand that their own families and loved ones will also suffer as a consequence then they may think twice before doing such henious crimes.
I think its high time PM Modi focusses on this issue.
Rape needs to be eradicated from India especially..( ideally from each country!)
Serious deterrents need to be implemented in law and justice system so lowlifes are tamed and do not act on theor perverse tendencies!
ALL dear sisters reading this post , NEVER EVER trust any STRANGER EVER.
ALWAYS SECURE YOURSELVES by going into a restaurant and waiting inside for your family member…..regardless what time it is.
Only your family can EVER be trusted.
The risk is too great my dears, so please be truly ibdependent even whwn you are lost or in some difficulty. Stay safe in restaurant , call your family to meet you. Infact I would say dont even call police when vulnerable, because they are alao strangers to you.
Only safety is to stay in a restaurant , mind your own business and call your family to mert you.
NEVER TRUST ANY STRANGER.
I am truly sorry that my sisters are being attacked. It pains me. This is why i say laws needs to bw in place so that all rapists currebt and future families share in their just punishments for 200years at least.
These vile crratures may then be stopped!!
Jai Durgee Maa.
govt should change the law, for rapist it should be burn in fire.
They must be shoot to death like in China
Girls are lack of protection in this country.so many incidents proved this. The citizens should come up with good mentality in this country.
So many people take revenge like this if their families are spoiled once.
So the citizens should not do mistakes, otherwise others take revenges.so the cycling process occurs like this.
Every time ladies only suffers everyone everywhere.
So the the govt should takecare of thesethings.
The police dept should move fast when they receive messages,that also never happen for ordinary persons.
So the govt should improve all these things to protect the public.
Thank u ,. Jai hind
This is a very sad situation..A woman was completely treated without respect and not only assaulted but murdered as well.There is nothing more than capital punishment.Protests and statements happen..The family lost their dear one in such a horrific way..What justice is given to them?..We have had national and local incidents on a very frequent basis..These people have no need for human rights and mercy..What they dont respect ,why should be done for them?..If we remain complacent we are supporting an unsafe society
It’s one of the most shameful events that instead of promoting the human value of own society they follow such a brutal things. We must respect the women especially like Priyanka Reddy. Government should make very strick rule this case that people will afraid to think about it. All the animals and human were our parents in previous life so respect women’s. I hope such case wont be appear in our society in the future in our country…
It’s a horrible act even for a thought!!! How brutal psychos ,a female body is such a desire for them even after they killed her 🤯🤯😰😰😰😡😡 … can’t compare these people with even mad animals !! They are born from women and revenging on the same !!!
What is the government doing all of them should be hanged to death as I a lady police they should be encouterd
Immidiate shot deab all 4 accused.
So that matter also finished and through this victim Soul also rest in peace.
Very good idea.
Please do apply fast.
This is really heart breaking. My goosebumps goes up when i see these type of article. Now a days womens are not safe in any city. Its difficult to digest this news plzzzzzzzz these 4 men must be hang in public so that no body can just think of doing this.. HANG TO DEATH. #RIPPRIYANKAREDDY
So what the indian government is doing right now…..shit government in the world…now you can search in the google typing that which is the unsecured place in the world and the first name…INDIA shame on use chiii😡😡 one thing please if you cant…takeover the rapist!! hand it to the public will look after them and make sure that..the one who want to sleep next to her wife also should think twice before he sleep..and the statement giver by Priyanka sister parents was the police did not took action for 3hrs..according to me please we dont want any government let ourselves rule us and we have to bring the india back…the British government was the best thing 😡😡😡 now the politicians only for there sake they are acting…. please atleast from now onwards take up action and bring the justice through hanging him on the street 😠😠😠😠😠
It’s really sad and shameful that we live in this kind of society where, there are thousands of voices but no hands given to prevent females, young girls from the government, people who are on duties but are never available when needed. So heart broken by this incident. RIP Priyanka Reddy.
This is really heart breaking 😢😢😢😢
Just at the age of 18 I feel Ashamed of having to live in 20th century and see the acts of an old undeveloped mind
Weird how our prime Minister has nothing to say about it
We’ll we don’t want his sympathy but just reminding him of his duties to acknowledge the country’s citizen’s safety be it men or women
This is really very sad to see such cases.
Plz hang those 4 idiots to death.
How dare these cruel animals see the women or a girl as an object……
Do women or a girl look lyk tat…
Really these cruel animals have ashamed their own mother…
I feel very sry for my sister Priyanka…
I pray to God oh t tat let ur soul rest in peace my sissy
Rip….
Again take a rebirth and come soon sissy ….
My this comment goes to a person named Yeshu who has commented all sorts of shit about our country and our government…
Im feeling so bad that your name is Yeshu …which the name of Jesus ………
But u are really opposite for that name ..
Tell me 1 thing how can u eat and shit here in the same country and moreover u said British were good ….
Are u in your senses …
There is a note in the history that Britishers have raped our women ..
Not only that they looted us
And forcefully ruled over us by illegally entering our country …
Will u let anyone just enter your house and take it away ….and then will u say there were right …u idiot ??
If u are so unhappy here just get out from here u ungrateful creatures …
I know this is all bcos BJP govt has come
And so the minorities are frustrated ..
Im also a woman so before saying anything i want to ask Priyanka parents who are accusing the Police of delay ….
How were they allowing their daughter to go for work at such late hours and this was her routine to park her scooty there and take a cab ….
Was the lives of cats and dogs that important or what was the matter that she had to go or come back from work such late everyday …
Anyways may God give justice and peace to her soul …
So now coming to u …listen Yeshu lot of people like u have the habit of continuously cursing the government for their own impotency…
So stop crying like a lady and start working
And never ever talk bad of the same Nation where u are eating and where your family are taking all the privileges.. but u are still ungrateful
Remember there is no Nation as good as us in the entire World …
So stop grumbling and thank God instead that being a minority u are not treated low instead u have the courtesy to curse and manipulate others like this …
If u have guts try talking bad about their government in muslim countries ..
U will be shot dead in no time
Just bcos Indians are soft hearted and they never say anything so lot of such filthy comments are being passed against the Nation and the government openly ….
Trust me brother i have no personal grudge against u but felt bad that being born in sich a understanding country and u are so ungrateful…
Story Looks fishy !
I’m so glad the the government has taken the right decision but the decision made must have been decesive. Make sure you educate your sons, brothers, fathers actually every guy! It has been a really tough time for the victim’s family just pray for them. Humanity is abstarct but that doesnt mean it should be ignored. I would advice the governtment to legalise prostitution as well.as not to ban porn so these “Animals” get their needs satisfied eventhough ii’s insatiable. Every life matters! #RipPriyankaReddy
i think we all remember how people in the french revolution used to be put on a guillotine and their head was slit … Yes thats what has to be done to a rapist i think they absolutely deserve it!!!
Just burn alive all the rapist in the jail.
Cut their fingers one by one slowly, before burning them.
Burn with drop by drop strong acid. Let them scream loud and let the public hear their scream and view it.
Pears hot rods, into their eyes, ears and ass hole slowly, let torture them in public and carry this process in public. So that next rapist, who is due for punishment, should see how he will die. Psychological it will create fear among inhuman, human beings.
More over educate your children to respect every human being and develop Vedic culture in them. Make them patriots.
Jai hind.
Feel sad for the lady and her family… the 4 rapist deserved how they died. The Goverment should ban alchoho whichl turns humans to something worse than animals..
Please understand each one of us are contributing to this kind of incidents and the solutions doesn’t exist in killing but in changing ourselves, alcohol ,drugs etc which are killing conscience needs to be banned and all need to have self restrictions and not drink even for fun where the lower order of society follows the higher order if such things are done ,Also moral education needs to be given for all children from childhood itself which is a must , these kind of fake encounters will move our society into encouraging illegal activities, no law and order,instead we have to seriously change our law and make it fast and punishments applied seriously,and corruption reduced in all sectors. All elders also need to follow moral guidelines either religious or spiritual or phsycological , please think and make better society from the saying ” change ourselves for the world to change for us “.
What a ferocious act. These 4 men must be brought to justice. But what kind of Justice? No jail, no hanging,
The public should deal with this. First cut off their penis( reminder for others who are rapists and are roaming around the city) second stone them to death like UAE. Once penises are cut and brought them to death? No one will touch a girl/woman. This has to STOP 🛑
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. we need protection and what is the LAW doing about this?
So really heart breacked 😓😓
Rapist it should be burn in fire 🔥😠😡
India’s problem with this type of crime stems from such a bare, basic level of absolute lack of any kind of value for human life. The attitude is as I see it is, “if it doesn’t affect me or mine, then I will not get involved as it holds no gain for me in any way”. As an ethnic Indian who has been raised abroad this is my true and unbiased opinion, based on what I have observed personally whenever I’ve visited India since the age of 3. I am now 48 years old. So that’s a lot of years of observation!, trust me!
Parents, educators, social influencers, and all people in positions of authority have a responsibility to educate your society from the youngest age of understanding, about human values, respect for fellow man, and to teach them that it’s not just about respecting women in the form of Divine Shakti, but respecting women as mothers, sisters, daughters, daughters – in – law, nieces, grand-daughters, and in all other female relationships.
In the West, rape is understood as more a crime of mental insecurities and the perpetrators misguided way of dominance in a situation, rather than an act of sexual aggression. There is a lot of truth in this view and the focus to prevent such crimes should be taken from this point of view as well.
When the root of a tree is strong and disease free, that tree grows and thrives for centuries providing healthy fruit and propagation, whereas a sickly root system breeds a sickly tree that can only ever produce sickly diseased fruit and weak sick progeny. Understand that and you have won two-thirds of this battle.
It’s such a desolating reality and shame at the same time. It’s shocking how cruel humans can be. People like this mentality should not be spared, never given a chance.
Indian government failed successfully for women sefety. Because of this Accts & Section are only for Criminals escep. Not in Disha case rest of the all.
Once of the same insident happen in my relatives family. But we are getting answer reputedly, It’s under investigation or court has extended date etc… When will we get justice God may not have know.
Plz suggest me with whom may I concern.