Hyderabad: Police have arrested four people in the case of lawyer G Swapna’s alleged murder in Moinabad on Wednesday, February 4, including her brother who is the prime accused.
Police identified the accused as , Gotike Raju, Swapna’s brother, and three of his associates, Errolla Sandeep, Vadde Veeresh and Kavali Shiva Lingam.
“We arrested the accused late on Wednesday night; they have confessed to the crime and have been remanded to judicial custody,” an official from Moinabad Police told Siasat.com.
Swapna, a lawyer practising at Chevalla court, was allegedly murdered in Kethireddypally by her brother as a result of a land dispute between the siblings.
The murder took place when Swapna, along with her mother and a surveyor went to conduct a survey of the 4 acre land in Kethireddypally. While they were returning, Raju, along with three others, arrived in a car and rammed into Swapna. When she fell, the accused attacked Swapna with sticks and rocks before slitting Swapna’s throat with a knife, a release from Moinabad police stated.
Raju had allegedly tried to murder Swapna twice earlier, once in November last year and once in January. First information reports (FIR) were registered in both instances, but Raju’s role in the attacks on Swapna was not established in the police investigation, a Times of India report stated.
Meanwhile, lawyers staged protests over Swapna’s murder, alleging police inaction. Protests were held at Moinabad Police Station on Wednesday, February 4, while protests were staged at Civil Court Purani Haveli and Nampally Criminal Court on Thursday.
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