Hyderabad: Relatives of the six year-old rape victim feel that the suspect in the case, Pallakonda Raju, deserved a more brutal death.
“We had demanded the government hand him over to us so that we would have publicly lynched him,” a relative said.
The family members received the news of the Raju’s alleged suicide from their neighbours. The parents were still in a state of shock and could only say he deserved a brutal punishment so that no one repeats the crime.
Leaders of various political parties and local groups poured in on coming to know about the suicide of Raju at Ghanpur station in Warangal.
Naresh, a local resident said the suspect should have been killed in an encounter in full public view.
The police have beefed up security in the locality as a precautionary measure. The locals had damaged the house of the suspect after the incident.