Disha case: Supreme Court sets conditions about encounter

A three-member panel has been formed to probe the alleged encounter by Telangana cops in the Disha (not her original name) rape and murder case. Now, the Supreme Court has defined the power and duties of the panel, as per a PTI report.

The court has said that the panel would go into the circumstances that led to the death of the four and ascertain if any offence has been committed in the course. The panel is headed by former SC judge VS Sirpurkar.

Further, the bench has said that if any offence appeared to have been committed in the course, the responsibility of the erring officials will be fixed.

“To inquire into the alleged incident resulting in the death of four persons on December 6, 2019 in Hyderabad, namely, Mohammed Arif, Chintakunta Chennake-shavulu, Jolu Shiva and Jollu Naveen, who were arrested in connection with the rape and murder of a young veterinary lady doctor, while they were in the custody of police,” the bench said of its first condition.

Referring to the second condition, it said, “Inquire into the circumstances that led to the death of aforementioned four persons and to ascertain as to whether any offence appears to have been committed in the course. If yes, to fix the responsibility of erring officials.”

Disha, a 27-year-old veterinary doctor was gangraped, murdered and set on fire by the four accused, who were allegedly killed in an encounter by the Telangana police.