On May 21, the Supreme Court-appointed commission headed by Justice V.S. Sirpurkar concluded that the encounter of the four persons accused in the Disha rape case was staged by the police.
The Commission found that the four accused were deliberately fired upon by the police with the intention to kill them during the encounter. Telangana’s Cyberabad police led by Commissioner V.C. Sajjanar had accompanied the accused to crime scene on December 6, 2020 when two of the accused snatched their weapons and began firing. Police claimed that despite warnings from the police to surrender, the accused refused and continued firing, resulting in their deaths.
However, the Commission refuted the police’s version and recommended that the 10 police personnel involved in the encounter be prosecuted for murder. It also held the Telangana police guilty of destroying and/or withholding evidence. The Supreme Court has now transferred the entire case to the Telangana High Court for appropriate action.
