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Police kill three men accused of throwing acid on two girls
Police in Andhra Pradesh gunned down three men late on Friday night, a few hours after they were arrested for throwing acid on two girls, one of whom is battling for life. The state government has sought a report on the matter.
- IANS
- Published: 23:45 December 13, 2008
Hyderabad: Police in Andhra Pradesh gunned down three men late on Friday night, a few hours after they were arrested for throwing acid on two girls, one of whom is battling for life. The state government has sought a report on the matter.
The youths were killed near Warangal town. Police said they opened fire in self-defence.
While the families of the girls hailed the police action, human rights groups have termed it as "murders in cold blood" and demanded action against the policemen involved.
The accused, who had been taken to the place to gather evidence, allegedly tried to attack the policemen with a country-made weapon and the acid they had buried in the isolated location, an official said.
S. Srinivas Rao, 25, the main accused, and his associates P. Harikrishna, 24, and B. Sanjay, 22, were killed in the alleged gunbattle.
They had thrown acid on Swapnika and Pranitha, students of the Kakatiya Institute of Technology in Warangal, when they were returning home from the college on Wednesday.
Swapnika suffered serious burn injuries and is battling for life in a hospital in Hyderabad.
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