
Hyderabad encounter: SC gives six-month extension to panel conducting probe into killing of gangrape and murder accused
A month after being arrested in connection with the gang-rape and murder of a veterinary lady doctor in last year, the 4 accused were killed in an encounter

Hyderabad rape and murder case: AIIMS team conducts second autopsy of four accused killed in encounter; bodies handed over to kin
The Telangana High Court had on 21 December ordered the re- postmortem of the four, who were killed in an alleged encounter with police near Hyderabad on 6 December.

Telangana High Court adjourns hearing on encounter deaths of Hyderabad gangrape and murder accused to 13 Dec
The Telangana High Court on Thursday adjourned to Friday the public interest litigations filed against the alleged encounter of the four men accused in the gangrape and murder of a woman veterinarian near here last month.

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Distilled, a Firstpost podcast: Historian and philosopher Dilip Simeon on India's grim politics of crime and punishment
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Hyderabad vet's rape and murder: Cyberabad Police denies claims that two accused killed in encounter were minors
The Cyberabad Police investigating the case had said the four accused in the Hyderabad rape and murder case were aged 20 and above, but the age of two accused came into focus with their parents claiming before the media on Monday that their children were minors by showing certain documents.

YS Jagan Mohan Reddy lauds KCR, Telangana Police for Hyderabad encounter, vows to enact law for speedy trial in Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday lauded his Telangana counterpart K Chandrasekhar Rao and the state police for the Hyderabad encounter

Hyderabad encounter: Telangana High Court directs authorities to preserve bodies of slain accused till 13 December
The four accused were gunned down by Cyberabad police on Friday morning at Chattanpalli when they were taken to the scene of crime near the culvert

Rape, POCSO case probes should be completed in two months: Ravi Shankar Prasad to write to CMs, CJs
Trial of such cases should also be completed within six months, Union law and justice minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi stresses on role of effective policing in ensuring that women feel safe, secure
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday stressed on the role of effective policing in ensuring that women feel safe and secure

After pointing to Hyderabad encounter as 'lesson for those committing heinous crimes', Telangana minister claims remarks misinterpreted
On Saturday, media reports had quoted Yadav as saying that the Hyderabad encounter was a lesson that anybody who commits such a heinous crime can be expected to be eliminated in a police encounter

PILs filed in SC seek SIT inquiry into Hyderabad encounter, Rs 20 lakh compensation for families of accused
Two petitions were filed on Saturday in the Supreme Court seeking an SIT probe into the killing of four persons, arrested on charge of gangrape and murder of a veterinarian in Telangana,

Outrage, protests as Unnao rape victim succumbs to burn injuries: Kin demand accused be 'chased, killed'; Congress terms UP 'rape capital'
The death of the Unnao gangrape victim led to nationwide outrage on Saturday with protests erupting in several places, including Delhi and the Unnao rape victim's village

NHRC team visits site of Hyderabad encounter amid raging debate on police action; rape accused booked for 'attacking' cops
Telangana Police said that the four accused in the rape and murder of a vetrinarian from Hyderabad have been booked for 'attacking' the cops who had accompanied them

Unnao rape case Latest Updates: Uttar Pradesh govt announces Rs 25 lakh financial assistance, house for victim's family
Unnao rape case Latest Updates: The Uttar Pradesh government announced an ex gratia of Rs 25 lakh and a house for the family of Unnao rape victim. The government also assure that the trial will take place in a fast-track court.

'Want to see accused chased, shot dead': Unnao rape victim's father demands justice on lines of Hyderabad case
There is deep sorrow and acute anger in the native village of the Unnao rape victim in Bihar police station area here since the time the locals received news of her death in a Delhi hospital.

Police register case against four accused killed in encounter in Hyderabad for 'attacking' cops; FIR filed under Indian Arms Act
A case was registered against four accused, arrested for the alleged rape and murder of a woman veterinarian near last month and killed in an encounter, for 'attacking' the police personnel

President Ram Nath Kovind recommends revoking right to mercy petition for POSCO convicts on death row
Demonic attacks on women have shaken the conscience of the country, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Friday and advocated that those convicted under the POCSO Act should be deprived of their right to mercy petition

Hyderabad encounter reprehensible, but reaction to it brings to fore collective collapse of faith in India’s criminal justice system
We must be careful here. While taking a moral position on custodial killings, we should equally note the collective collapse of citizen’s faith in India’s criminal justice system and due process of law. What prompted such jubilation among public on the perpetrators getting killed without trial?

Hyderabad rape and murder case: Telangana HC directs state govt to preserve bodies of four accused till 9 Dec
The Telangana High Court on Friday directed the state government to preserve the bodies of four accused in the rape and murder of a young veterinarian till 8 pm on 9 December