Hyderabad: On Thursday, Mahesh Bhagwat, IPS, Commissioner of Police, Rachakonda, attended a “Face to Face ” program at Hajipur village organized by the Kavitha Venkatesh Goud, Sarpanch of the Hajipur village following capital punishment to the serial rape and murder cases accused Marri Srinivas Reddy by the First ADJ and POCSO court at Nalgonda on February 6.
Anitha Ramachandran, IAS, Collector of Yadadri Bhongir District, K Narayana Reddy, DCP, Bhongir zone, N Bhujanga Rao, ACP, Bhongir, Surender Reddy, Inspector, Bhongiri rural, Madhu, SI, Bommalaramaram, Padma Sundari, Tahsildar, Bommalramaram, MPDO Bommalramaram, victims’ family members and villagers attended the meeting.
CP Mahesh Bhagwat said that they formed a special team appointing ACP Bhujang Rao as an IO, who completed the investigation in record time and filed charge sheets in three cases of minor girls’ rape and murder cases against accused Marri Srinivas Reddy. Chandrashekhar, Special PP, was appointed by the government, conducted the trial before Nalgonda Court and completed it by January 17.
The Court convicted the accused to the death penalty in two cases and life imprisonment in one case on February 6. The CP has also thanked all the villagers, especially victims’ family members for lending support to police in conducting the investigation and trial of the accused. The Commissioner said he was planning to provide Bicycles to 15 school going girls of Hajipur, who are every day going 6 km by walk to Bommalaramaram Mandal headquarters to attend the school. The Collector assured all the victims’ family members to provide benefits they are entitled to and also will take up developmental issues.
During the interaction, family members of deceased girls were emotional while sharing their grief. Kavitha Venkatesh, Sarpanch of Hajipur, thanked the Commissioner of Police for taking a special interest in getting punishment to the accused and in arranging CCTV cameras in the village at a cost of Rs 14 lakh and also providing bus service to Hajipur village. Later, the sarpanch presented momentoes to the Police Commissioner, the District Collector, the DCP and other officers.