Telangana DGP dismisses doubts over death of rape-murder accused

Hyderabad:  Telangana Director General of Police M. Mahender Reddy on Friday dismissed doubts being expressed over the manner of death of Pallakonda Raju, the only accused in the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl.
The police chief told reporters that there were no doubts that Raju committed suicide by coming under a train.
Mahender Reddy pointed out that there were seven eyewitnesses who saw him walking on the track and coming under the train.
“Two railway gangmen, 2-3 farmers and two engine drivers of the train are the eye-witnesses. We have recorded their statements,” the DGP said adding that there is no need for police to lie. He said baseless allegations were inappropriate.
Raju, 30, was found dead on the railway tracks near Ghanpur station in Jangaon district on Thursday, a week after he sexually assaulted and killed the minor girl at his house in Singareni Colony in Saidabad area of Hyderabad.
The victim’s body was recovered from the house of Raju, who happened to be her neighbour, on the night of September 9.