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Telangana encounter: All 4 accused in Hyderabad veterinarian’s rape and murder killed

All four men accused of raping and murdering a 26-year-old veterinarian in Hyderabad were shot dead in an early morning encounter when they reportedly tried to escape.

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All four men accused of raping and murdering a 26-year-old veterinarian in Hyderabad were shot dead in an early morning encounter when they reportedly tried to escape.

The Telangana Police had taken the men to the spot, around 50 km from Hyderabad, where the charred remains of the woman were found last Thursday to reconstruct the sequence of events.

Cyberabad Police Commissioner VC Sajjanar told reporters, “The accused were killed in a police encounter at Chatanpally, Shadnagar today between 3 am and 6am. I have reached the spot and further details will be revealed.

“The four men, Mohammed Arif, 26, Jollu Shiva, 20, Jollu Naveen, 20, and Chintakunta Chennakeshavulu, 20, were shot dead by the police in “self-defence” when the accused allegedly attacked the policemen and tried to snatch an officer’s gun in their bid to escape, a senior officer said.

The accused were arrested a day after the crime and had been in police custody since Wednesday.

The incident had triggered nationwide outrage and heated debates were witnessed in the Parliament, on news channels and social media. Activists, celebrities, politicians and citizens demanded justice for the woman.

“The accused must be lynched in public,” Rajya Sabha member Jaya Bachchan had demanded in the House. “Der aye, durust aye,” she said outside parliament today.

This morning, when the news of the “encounter” flashed on TV screens and widely shared on social media, praise showered on the cops. People gathered at the encounter site and raised slogans like “DCP Zindabad, ACP Zindabad”. Some locals even showered rose petals on the police personnel. Neigbours of the veterinarian offered sweets and tied rakhi to cops.

The father of the woman veterinarian was among the first to react. “It has been 10 days to 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,” he said.

Similarly, Asha Devi, mother of the 23-year-old Nirbhaya, a paramedic student who was gang-raped and left to die in Delhi in December 2012, said, “I am extremely happy with this punishment. Police has done a great job and I demand that no action be taken against the police personnel.”

The convicts in the Nirbhaya case have been awarded death penalty and one of them have filed a mercy plea. “I have been running from pillar to post for the last seven  years. I appeal to the justice system of this country and the government that Nirbhaya’s culprits must be hanged to death at the earliest,” she urged.

“We salute you,” said Saina Nehwal as she lauded Hyderabad police.

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati also praised the Hyderabad Police and asked the Uttar Pradesh Police to take “inspiration from them”.

“In UP, this is happening every day not just in one district but in every district. Be it young girls or aged women, nobody is being spared. There is jungle raj (rule) in Uttar Pradesh,” she said, adding that when she was Chief Minister she had acted even against members of her own party.

Bihar politician Rabri Devi appears convinced that the morning’s incident will “act as a deterrent against criminals”. “We welcome this. In Bihar, too, cases of crimes against women are on the rise. The state government is lax and doing nothing,” she said.

YSR Congress Party leader Kanumuru Raghu Rama Krishna Raju said that the accused “deserved to be shot dead”. “God has been kind that they were shot dead, this is a good lesson. They tried to run away and they were killed. No NGO should oppose it and if they do so, they are anti-national,” he said outside the parliament.

Such encounters should be made legal, suggested BJP’s Locket Chatterjee.

“What police has done is very courageous and I must say that justice has been delivered. Legal questions over it are a different matter, but I am sure people of the country are at peace now,” yoga guru Ramdev said.

A few voices, however, condemned and questioned the police action.

Advocate Vrinda Grover said the police action is “absolutely unacceptable” and questioned if this is how the state is going to ensure women’s safety.

In a Facebook post, she said, “So all that the state will do in the name of ensuring that women live as equal and free citizens is to add to its arsenal of unlimited arbitrary violence! Supreme Court of India has directed that in every encounter case – There must be an FIR registered against the police and an investigation; and an independent judicial enquiry into this ‘encounter’. No Investigation, no Prosecution, these killings distract the public and save the police and state from any accountability.”

BJP MP Maneka Gandhi said, “Whatever has happened is dangerous… you cannot kill people because you want to. You cannot take law in your hands, they (accused) would have been hanged by the Court anyhow. If you’re going to shoot them before due process of law has been followed, then what’s the point of having courts, law and police?”

“I don’t know facts of what happened. As responsible person, all I can say is, it must be thoroughly inquired into to find out if it was a genuine encounter, whether they were trying to flee or not,” Congress leader P Chidambaram said.

Supreme Court advocate tweeted that now “nobody will ever know if the four men killed by the police were innocent men, arrested fast to show action. And whether four of the most brutal rapists roam free, to rape and kill more women”.

“When a criminal tries to escape, police are left with no other option, it can be said that justice has been done,” Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said as he tried to defend the police.

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Dust storm, light rain expected in Delhi-NCR today, heatwave conditions to abate

IMD claimed in a tweet that Thunderstorm dust with light to moderate intensity rain and gusty winds with speed of 30-50 km/hr would occur over and adjoining areas of many places of Delhi, North Delhi, North East Delhi, North west Delhi, West Delhi, Central Delhi, East delhi and NCR( Loni Dehat, Hindon AF station, Ghaziabad, Indrapuram, Chapraula) Sonipat, Rohtak, Kharkhoda (Haryana) Baraut, Bagpat, Meerut, Khekra, Modinagar, Kithor , Garhmukhteshwar, Pilakhua, Hapur ,Gulaoti ,Siyana ,Sikandrabad , Bulandshahr ,  Jahangirabad (UP)

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Dust storm, light rain expected in Delhi-NCR today, heatwave conditions to abate

On Wednesday, a dust storm with light to moderate rain is expected in numerous locations in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR). The India Meteorogical Department (IMD) stated the city’s maximum and minimum temperatures are predicted to be in the range of 40 and 25, respectively.

The IMD tweeted an advisory that thunderstorms, dust with light to moderate intensity rain and gusty winds with speed of 30-50 km/hr would occur over and adjoining areas of many places of Delhi, North Delhi, North East Delhi, North West Delhi, West Delhi, Central Delhi, East Delhi and NCR (Loni Dehat, Hindon AF station, Ghaziabad, Indirapuram, Chapraula) Sonipat, Rohtak, Kharkhoda (Haryana), Baraut, Bagpat, Meerut, Khekra, Modinagar, Kithor, Garhmukhteshwar, Pilakhua, Hapur, Gulaoti, Siyana, Sikandrabad, Bulandshahr, Jahangirabad (UP).

For the next two hours, light to moderate intermittent rain is expected over and near Adampur, Hissar, Hansi, and Meham (Haryana).

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On Thursday, May 18, light rain is predicted for in Delhi based on the seven-day prediction for the city. The sky will mainly be cloudy, with the potential of a light  rain or drizzle, according to the weather office.

The air quality will continue to be deteriorated in the city after strong winds with dust swept across the Delhi-NCR on Tuesday. Following this, visibility had reduced to 1000 metres. Kuldeep Srivastava, the head of regional forecasting centre, said the dry atmosphere is one of the reasons for the dust storms.

Following Tuesday’s severe winds and dust storm that blasted across the Delhi-NCR, the city’s air quality had taken an alarming dip.

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Security lapse at Navjot Singh Sidhu’s Patiala home, says it will not deter him from raising his voice against Punjab

After his release from jail, he slammed the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government for its law and order in the state.

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Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu has filed a complaint with the Punjab Police after he spotted a suspicious person wrapped in a grey blanket on his terrace. He alleged a security lapse at his Patiala home. He couldn’t catch him as he fled after his servant raised an alarm.

Taking to Twitter, Sidhu said, Today on the terrace of his residence an unknown suspicious character wrapped in a grey blanket was noticed around 7:00 pm, the moment his servant went out raised the alarm, and called for help, he immediately ran and escaped.

The 59-year-old further said that he has spoken to DGP Punjab Police and has also informed SSP Patiala. He said the security lapse will not deter him from raising his voice for Punjab.

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Punjab Police registered a case in this matter. According to the reports, the Patiala Senior Superintendent of Police Varun Sharma visited his residence after the complaint and is currently investigating the matter. The CCTV footage of the area is also being scanned, reports state.

Cricketer-turned-politician came out of the Patiala Central Jail on April 1 after serving nearly 10 months in a 1988 road rage case. After his release from jail, he slammed the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government for its law and order in the state.

He said Democracy is in chains. Punjab is the shield of this country. When dictatorship came in this country, a revolution also came, led by Rahul Gandhi.

Sidhu also slammed the Mann government over the pruning of security of slain singer Sidhu Moosewala and also making it public.

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Air India Delhi-San Francisco flight suffers tech glitch before take-off, returns to stand

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Air India flight which was en route to San Francisco from Delhi on Monday had to be returned to the stand because of a technical glitch. The San Francisco-bound flight suffered a tech issue before take off.

According to the reports, the aircraft which was carrying over 200 passengers from Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) had to be replaced with another aircraft. Later, the passengers were accommodated in another aircraft.

The airline has not given any official statement in this matter.

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Earlier today, another Air India incident occurred where a London-bound flight returned to Delhi’s IGI airport after a mid-air brawl between an unruly passenger and the flight’s cabin crew.

A brawl ensued between a passenger and the crew members shortly after it departed from the airport at around 6:35 am. The onboard ruckus forced the plane to turn around and return to Delhi again where the raucous passenger was deboarded and handed over to the police at the airport.

Air India apologized to the passengers on the affected Delhi-London flight for the delay and inconvenience caused to them due to the incident and assured them that efforts will be made to ensure such incidents do not occur in the future.

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