India sets up fast track court for rape and murder of 27-year-old vet as lawmaker Jaya Bachchan gets slammed for encouraging lynching of rapists
People look at a board displaying photographs and messages demanding justice for the rape and murder of a 27-year-old veterinary doctor, from Hyderabad, in Mumbai on December 1, 2019.
India ordered setting up a fast track court to try those accused in the gang-rape and murder of a veterinary doctor, as one lawmaker on Monday called for the public "lynching" of the four alleged rapists, kicking off backlash on social media.will hold the trial in what he said was a "ghastly" case involving a 27-year-old woman who was allegedly gang-raped, killed and then her body burned in the town of Shadnagar, near Hyderabad city, on Thursday.
The woman went missing on Wednesday night and her body was found by a passer-by in an underpass on the outskirts of Hyderabad. Police say the suspects allegedly offered to fix a flat tire on her motorbike and then took her in a truck to a secluded spot where the crime was committed. She made the last phone call to her sister saying her bike had broken down and she was scared because some people sitting in a truck were staring at her, Police Commissioner VC Sajjanar said.
On Monday, police issued a "safety advisory" for women in the state that also asked them "to download Hawkeye app and keep location services on at all times,"
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