The Sirpurkar Commission appointed by the Supreme Court has submitted its report in the 2019 Hyderabad gang-rape and murder case after two years of investigation into the alleged extra-judicial murder in the pre-dawn 2019 encounter of four accused involved in the crime.
The panel was set up on December 12, 2019, to inquire into the circumstances leading to the death of the four accused in the case.
The Commission, led by former Supreme Court judge Justice V.S. Sirpurkar and comprising former judge of Bombay High Court R.P. Sondurbaldota and former CBI director D.R. Karthikeyan, inquired into the deaths in a police encounter of four persons accused of rape and murder of a lady veterinarian.
The Commission has submitted its report to the Supreme Court after collecting various documentary records including investigation records, forensic reports, postmortem reports, photographs, and videos pertaining to the incident.
It also recorded the statements of key police officials including the then Cyberabad Police Commissioner V.C. Sajjanar, investigating officer Surender Reddy, Special Investigation Team (SIT) chief, Rachakonda Commissioner Mahesh Bhagwat, and the then Deputy Commissioner of Police Shamshabad Prakash Reddy.
According to the police, a veterinarian, was abducted and raped on the night of November 27, 2019, in the outskirts of Hyderabad. After that the accused killed her, took the dead body to Chatanpally and set it on fire.
The Commission held 16 virtual hearings and passed orders in 24 applications filed by the police officials involved in the incident.
As many as 1,333 affidavits from the general public, 103 affidavits from the police officials, witnesses, doctors, and other government officials were received. Voluminous records of the investigation by the SIT, Call Detail Records, medical reports, forensic and ballistic reports, and other records were also collected.
Apart from this, members of the inquiry panel had also visited the crime scene at Chatanpally in the outskirts of Shadnagar.