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WARANGAL: S. Srinivasa Rao and his two associates, B. Sanjay and P. Hari Krishna, the prime accused in the gruesome acid attack on two girl students, were killed in an alleged encounter with police near here early on Saturday. Hours after being produced before the media here when they confessed to their crime, the three were shot dead at Mamnoor village, 15 km from here. Superintendent of Police V. C. Sajjanar said that the incident occurred when a team of officers took the trio to the spot to recover the two-wheeler stolen from the Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Sciences (KITS). In the cover of darkness, they picked up a small container of acid, a country-made weapon and knives hidden near the stolen vehicle and attacked the police, he said. The police then whipped out their weapons and shot them. The bodies were found in a pool of blood in bushes close to the Mamnoor airstrip.The encounter evoked mixed reactions. Parents of the acid attack victims, local people and Major Irrigation Minister Ponnala Lakshmaiah “hailed” it, while the Opposition remained guarded and the civil rights activists cried foul. Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy reviewed the situation with Home Minister K. Jana Reddy and senior officials in Hyderabad. He announced formation of a State-level dedicated special cell with a toll-free three-digit telephone number. It would offer instantaneous help in cases relating to eve-teasing, harassment of girls and abuse of children. The Home Minister told reporters that the government had asked the Director-General of Police to inquire into the encounter and submit a report. Asked how it could take place when the accused were in custody, he said the magisterial inquiry and probe by the DGP would reveal the truth. The trio led by Srinivas Rao had thrown acid on two KITS students K. Swapnika and T. Praneetha when they were returning home on December 10. Police said Rao had targeted Swapnika as she allegedly spurned his love. He had hatched the plan with two friends of his brother with the motive to disfigure the girl. The sensational incident drew widespread protests across the State with student community and women’s organisations taking to streets demanding severest punishment to the accused. This is the second such encounter in Warangal. In December last, police shot dead the accused involved in abduction and murder of a school girl, Manisha. As news of the Saturday’s encounter spread like wildfire, thousands of people, mostly women, thronged the site to have a glimpse of the slain persons. Srinivasa Rao’s father S. Singa Rao had disowned his son after the heinous crime and refused to take the body.
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