Police have shot dead three boys, accused of attacking two engineering girl students with acid, claiming they were attacked by them.
WARANGAL: Police have shot dead three boys, accused of attacking two engineering girl students with acid, claiming they were attacked by them.
The main suspect Srinivas and accomplice Sanjay and Harikrishna were shot dead when they allegedly attacked the police party which went to recover a motor cycle used by them in the incident at Mavunoor on Friday night, district Superintendent of Police Sajjanar said.
The police action immediately attracted adverse comments with a civil rights lawyer questioning the gunning down of the accused.
"It is spine-chilling. A system that loses faith in the judicial system and in the rule of law is complete anarchy. We are heading towards chaos," said civil rights lawyer L
Ravichander.
Referring to a media headline which said justice had been done, she said "do they understand what kind of lack of safety they are heading towards when they permit the police to decide to become justice administrators?"
The police action comes in the wake of a huge public outcry over an acid attack on two engineering girl students on Wednesday.
One of the girls, Swapnika, is battling for life after the attack by a jilted lover in Warangal district of Andhra.
Two police officials were suspended on Friday for failing to act promptly on a complaint by the father of one of the girls who is battling for life after being subjected to acid
attack by a jilted lover in Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh.
On Friday, home Minister K Jana Reddy was gheraoed by angry activists of women organisations when he visited the private hospital where Swapnika, a final year B.Tech student and her friend are undergoing treatment.
Swapnika and Pranitha were injured when Srinivas threw acid while they were going home on a bike last Wednesday.
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