Telangana doctor rape-murder: Police report reveals how events unfolded on fateful night.... The 26-year-old veterinarian was brutally gangraped and killed by four lorry workers The four accused were sent to judicial custody for 14 days on Saturday The gruesome rape and murder case has sparked national outrage

The accused- identified as Mohammad Areef (in yellow T-shirt), Jollu Shiva (in white shirt), Jollu Naveen (in blue shirt), and Chintakunta Chennakeshavulu (in orange shirt).

Ashish Pandey, India Today, Hyderabad (Telangana),December 1, 2019 : More chilling details emerged on Sunday in the rape and murder case of the Telangana woman doctor whose charred body was found on the outskirts of Hyderabad on Thursday morning.

The 26-year-old veterinarian was brutally gangraped and killed by four lorry workers before they burned her body on Wednesday night in Telangana's Shamshabad. All the four accused were nabbed from their houses on Friday by Cyberabad police.

The four accused were sent to judicial custody for 14 days on Saturday amid high drama with a large crowd facing off against police. Three cops were suspended on Saturday for a delay in registering an FIR in the case.

Cyberabad police filed the remand report on Sunday, four days after the vet was found with her body burnt under a culvert in Chatanpally on the Hyderabad-Bengaluru national highway.

The gruesome rape and murder case, which is being perceived as another 'Nirbhaya', has sparked national outrage.

The following details are from the latest official report filed by the police. Here's how events unfolded between the fateful night of November 27 (Wednesday) and the morning of November 28 (Thursday), when the vet's body was found.

Who are the culprits
The accused have been identified as Mohammad Areef (could be seen in the photo in yellow T-shirt), Jollu Shiva (in white shirt), Jollu Naveen (in blue shirt), and Chintakunta Chennakeshavulu (in orange shirt). Mohammad Areef (25), who works as a driver, is the prime accused in the rape-murder case.

Areef has attended school till Class 10. He worked as an auto driver in Kukatpally area of Cyberabad from 2012 to 2015. He had been working as a lorry driver since 2017.
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Police officers inspect the site where the charred body of a 26-year-old veterinary doctor was found. (Photo: KK Productions via AP)

Timeline of events

November 27, Wednesday:

5.30 pm: The main accused and the lorry driver Areef purchased several bottles of liquor on Wednesday evening.

- The four workers were drinking while sitting in the lorry's cabin near Shamshabad toll plaza.

6 pm: The four culprits noticed a young woman parking her scooter next to the lorry, who then left to go to a clinic.

- The four then conspired to rape her.

- Naveen punctured the back tyre of the victim's two-wheeler.

9 pm: Areef and the other three accused parked their lorry around 5 kilometres ahead of her scooter at Thondapalli Junction.

9.18 pm: The victim came back to take her scooter and realised that one of the tyres had a puncture.

9.30 pm: Shiva offered to help her and took her scooter, on the pretext of getting it repaired. He came back after some time and told her that all the repair shops were closed.

- They grabbed the victim and dragged her to an isolated compound beside the truck.

- The main accused Naveen switched off her mobile phone.

- Naveen forcefully administered alcohol to the woman to stop her from screaming.

- The victim was then brutally gangraped by the four culprits.

- Afterwards, she became unconscious.

- After she gained consciousness and started screaming again, the accused decided to kill her.

- Areef covered her mouth and nose, which caused her to suffocate to death.

- Naveen took the victim's phone, watch and power bank.

- The four workers then dumped her body in the truck and fled from the spot.

- Shiva and Naveen drove away her two-wheeler from the spot.

- Shiva purchased a bottle of petrol on the way.

- Under a culvert in Chatanpally on the National Highway 44 bridge, they burnt the body after pouring petrol over it.

November 28, Thursday:

4 am: The four accused reached Aramgarh on Thursday morning.

- Shiva, Naveen, Chennakeshavulu then left for their respective homes.

Earlier, Cyberabad police commissioner VC Sajjanar said, "Our officer took them into a patrol vehicle and scanned the CCTV footage. The victim was also seen in the CCTV footage of the plaza. At around 3 pm, the family was brought back to book an official complaint. Till 5 am, we searched all puncture shops. The body was found at around 7 am."

On seeing the incident being reported on the news, patrol employees informed the police about one of the suspects buying petrol.

The NHAI patrol informed the police about the whereabouts of the woman's scooter. Further CCTV footage analysis and an eyewitness confirmed the details.

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Ashish Pandey, India Today, Hyderabad (Telangana),30 November 2019, The Telangana woman doctor, who was raped and murdered on Wednesday night in Shamshabad, was forced to consume cold drink laced with liquor before the crime took place, top police sources have told India Today TV. The sources have revealed that the accused bought a bottle of whiskey, mixed it in a cold drink and forced the Hyderabad-based veterinary surgeon to consume it before committing the crime.

The Telangana veterinary surgeon's charred body was found on Thursday morning under a culvert in Chatanpally on the Hyderabad-Bengaluru national highway. All the four accused were nabbed from their houses on Friday by the Cyberabad Police. They have been sent to judicial custody.

Speaking to India Today TV, top police sources revealed that all the four accused purchased one-and-a-half bottle of whiskey, some snacks and a cold drink from Tondupally village, close to the Shamshabad toll plaza. All the accused were drunk at the time of the crime, the police sources said.

"The four accused purchased one and a half bottle of whiskey some snacks and a cold drink from Tondupally village close to the toll plaza and were drunk at the time of the offence," top police sources said.

"They [the accused] raped the girl. She died because of accused had covered her mouth and nose during the crime," the Cyberabad police commissioner said. The accused then purchased petrol and burnt the victim's body.

After committing the crime, Mohammad Areef, the prime accused in the Telangana doctor rape and murder case, dropped the other accused near Aramghar X roads and went to his home in Narayanpet.

During the investigation, the toll plaza employees informed the police about a lorry park near the open plot close to the toll plaza. The police also questioned a truck owner, Srinivas Reddy from Rajendranagar who led them to the main accused, Areef and co-accused Shiva.

While Mohammad Areef, the prime accused, worked as a driver, the other accused - Jollu Shiva, Jollu Naveen, and Chintakunta Chennakeshavulu - worked as cleaners. All the accused were on Friday nabbed from their houses.

They had purposely parked their truck beside the scooter of the victim, blocking the view from the main road and the toll plaza. The police told India Today TV that all the accused are school dropouts and childhood friends. 
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Ashish Pandey: Three police personnel were suspended on Saturday for a delay in registering an FIR in the rape and murder case of a woman doctor in Telangana. The cops were suspended after a detailed enquiry was conducted on the alleged "dereliction of duty on delaying the registration of FIR relating to a missing woman".
Speaking with India Today TV, Cyberabad Police Commissioner said, "Based on the findings following an enquiry, the officers were placed under suspension till further orders."
The cops who have been suspended are Sub-inspector M Ravi Kumar, and head constables P Venu Gopal Reddy and A Sathyanarayana Goud. "All the officers of the Cyberabad Police have been once again instructed to register the cases irrespective of jurisdiction whenever a complaint related to cognisable offence is received in the police station," he said.
National Commission for Women team on Saturday reached the residence of the veterinarian who was raped and murdered in Cyberabad. Speaking with ANI, NCW Chairperson Rekha Sharma said the accused should not get less than "hang till death".
"We have a judicial system which will be followed. But it should not be delayed and nothing less than 'hang till death'. They should be hanged and the case should go in fast track court," she said.
She further said the family told the NCW team that the police did not listen to them and kept fighting over jurisdiction of the case.
"Family told that role of police was negative. Police didn't listen to them, they were saying that she must have eloped. They were fighting over jurisdiction, under whose jurisdiction it comes in. This caused a delay. They could have saved a life," Rekha Sharma said.