Hyd murder: Court to hear cops plea on Dec 3, protests rage on

Hyderabad: A court has posted for Tuesday a petition filed by police seeking 10-day custody of the four people arrested for raping and murdering a woman veterinarian, even as protests continued in parts of Telangana demanding death penalty for the accused.

The Shadnagar court near here also directed issuance of notices to the four accused after the Shadnagar Bar Association decided that it will not represent and offer any legal services to them.

The Cyberabad police filed the petition for custodial interrogation of the accused, a senior police official said.

The official said they would complete the probe in a time-bound manner.

Telangana Director General of Police M Mahender Reddy, who reviewed the progress of the case on Sunday night, instructed police officials to ensure time-bound completion of the investigation.

The official also said they were in the process of requesting the Law Ministry for setting up of a fast track court to try the four accused.

He further said they will seek maximum punishment for the perpetrators of the gruesome incident.

Meanwhile, protests against the heinous crime continued in the city and other parts of Telangana on Monday with students, lawyers and others taking out rallies and holding demonstrations demanding death penalty for the four accused.