A Fast Track court of Sangareddy on Thursday has handed down life-imprisonment sentence to three persons, including a 51-year-old man, in the sensational case of raping and killing a minor of an orphanage home three years ago.
The Second Additional District Judge-cum-POCSO Court (Fast Track) of Sangareddy, G. Sudarshan, held Naredla Venugopal Reddy, 51, who used to frequently visit the orphanage as a donor, guilty of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl of the Orphanage resulting in her death. Two others, Chilukuri Vijaya, 46, who was running the Home, and her brother Surapaneni Jayadeep, were convicted of the charge under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. Both the sister and the brother were punished with life imprisonment.
The heinous crime of repeated sexual assault on the minor came to light on July 31, 2020 when the Bowenpally police of Hyderabad issued the First Information Report against the accused. The minor, who was shifted to her relatives’ house as the Home in Miyapur was shut due to COVID-19 pandemic, fell sick and taken to doctor as she complained of bleeding.
