A vile attack that has shock Indian society once again, the body of a veterinarian doctor has been found charred under an overpass on November 28 after she was gang raped and murdered by men who had offered to help her with a puncture.<\/p>\n
Priyanka Reddy, 26 years-old, was on her way home when she was raped and killed near Hyderabad.<\/p>\n
The victim’s mother has called for the monsters who committed the horrific crime to be burned alive.<\/p>\n
Police recovered her clothes, shoes and a bottle near a toll road where Priyanka had parked her motorbike, and her family could only identify her by a locket she was wearing.<\/p>\n
Four men have been arrested, including Mohammed Pasha, a lorry driver.<\/p>\n
After looking through CCTV footage from the crime scene, police identified the suspects<\/p>\n
Priyanka had called her sister Bhavya at 9.45pm to say that her motorbike had a puncture, and someone had offered to help.<\/p>\n
She then said that she was feeling scared by a group of truck drivers near her.<\/p>\n
Bhavya advised her to leave the vehicle, walk to the toll and get a taxi home, but she never made it.<\/p>\n
Police now believe the suspects may have deliberately caused the puncture to make their attack easier.<\/p>\n
The victim’s mother said her daughter could have been saved if police acted quicker.<\/p>\n
Bhavya had approached one police station shortly after her phone call with Priyanka but was redirected to another station and searches were not carried out for a few hours.<\/p>\n
Priyanka’s younger sister said: ‘We lost a lot of time moving from one police station to another.<\/p>\n
‘Had the police acted without wasting time, at least my sister would have been alive.’<\/p>\n
The amount of rapes recorded in India is almost 40,000 each year, according to official figures.<\/p>\n
Campaigners say the real number is higher, with victims wary of filing cases because of the social stigma and a lack of faith in investigators.<\/p>\n
Many actors, politicians, among others have demanded justice for the Hyderabad vet.<\/p>\n
RIP Priyanka Reddy #JusticeForPriyankaReddy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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