Telangana Doctor Rape And Murder: Media Asked To Stop Showing Pictures Of Accused

Mumbai: Hyderabad police investigation team of the crucial gang rape and burning the victim alive requests media to stop telecasting video clippings and photographs of the accused and related documents, adding it was hampering the probe on Tuesday.

“some print and electronic media giving wide publicity and identity of accused and the documents related to the investigations by telecasting continuously in TV news channels and in newspapers and social media” the police took the serious note of this.

The investigating officer in the case said this was hampering the investigation in terms of diminishing the value of crucial evidence which is vital for proving the guilt of the accused.

The officer said that in the exercise of the provision under Section 149 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the police may interpose for preventing the commission of the cognizable offence.

He requested to stop spreading photos telecasting videos of accused person investigative documents in electronic, print and social media to avoid hampering in the collection of evidence and also prevent any cognizable offence.

The crime committed Wednesday night near Shamshabad toll plaza is close to Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) and falls under the Cyberabad policy limits.

The four accused in the rape and murder of a woman veterinarian here were sent to judicial custody for 14 days on Saturday.

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