AIIMS team performs re-postmortem on 4 accused in vet rape and murder case

A team of forensic experts of AIIMS, Delhi on Monday performed the second autopsy on the four slain accused in the brutal rape and murder of a woman veterinarian in Hyderabad. The Telangana High Court had ordered on Saturday the re-postmortem of the four, who was killed in an alleged encounter with police here on December 6.

Hyderabad: The second autopsy on the four slain accused in the brutal rape and murder of a woman veterinarian by a team of forensic experts of All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, is completed at Gandhi hospital here on Monday.

"A separate cabin had been arranged at the Gandhi Hospital for the team from the AIIMS for the autopsy and the entire process is being videographed," Superintendent of the state-run facility Dr P Shravan Kumar said.The Telangana High Court had ordered on Saturday the re-postmortem of the four, who was killed in an alleged encounter with police here on December 6.The first postmortem was conducted on December 6 itself at a government hospital in Mahabubnagar from where the bodies were subsequently shifted to the Gandhi Hospital."Before starting the second autopsy, the AIIMS team interacted with the kin of the deceased men and recorded their statements," Kumar said.

The team first wanted to talk to the kin of the deceased. So accordingly we arranged an interaction with them. On the team's request, the team was provided with a Handycam and a computer, Kumar added.

After the postmortem, the bodies are given to their family members.

The bodies of the four accused have been preserved in the Gandhi Hospital as per the earlier orders of the high court after some PILs were filed alleging that the encounter was fake and amounted to extra-judicial killing.

The four accused were arrested on November 29 for allegedly raping and killing the woman veterinarian and burning her body. The case triggered widespread protests across the country.