Victim like my daughter, says Telangana Home Minister now

Hyderabad, Nov 29
After his statement on the rape and murder victim drew all-round flak, Telangana Home Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali on Friday said that the victim was like his daughter.

"She is daughter of Telangana. She is my daughter," Ali told reporters. He denied making any insensitive comment, saying that he only stated that if the girl had called the police instead of her family, she could have been saved.

He had earlier said the young veterinarian, who was raped and murdered on the outskirts of Hyderabad on Wednesday night, should have dialed 100.

"It is unfortunate that despite being a doctor and well educated, she called her sister and not the police. 30-40 minutes later, her phone was switched off," the minister said.

Alo said had she dialed 100, police would have reached there. He claims that police respond within three minutes to the calls made on 100.

The veterinarian was gang raped and murdered Wednesday night near Outer Ring Road at Shamshabad on the city outskirts. Her charred body was found under a culvert near Shadnagar town, about 25 km from Shamshabad.

Rahul shocked at brutal killing of Hyderabad veternarian

Reacting to the rape and murder of a young Hyderbad veternary doctor that has shocked the nation, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that he is :shocked to hear about the brutal rape & murder of #DrPriyankaReddy in Hyderabad. How anyone could subject another human being to such terrible, unprovoked violence is beyond imagination."

"My thoughts & prayers are with the victim's family at this time of immense grief." he tweeted

With the Telangana government moving fast in the gruesome case following public outrage, Telangana Minister K.T. Rama Rao on Friday said he will personally monitor the case relating to the murder of the young veterinarian Priyanka Reddy.

"Outraged and deeply anguished by the murder of Priyanka Reddy. I am confident that the police will catch the animals who committed this heinous crime & deliver justice at the earliest," tweeted Rama Rao, who is the state Minister for Information Technology, Municipal Administration and Urban Development.

The girl was gangraped and murdered near the Outer Ring Road at Shamshabad on the outskirts of Hyderabad. Her charred body was found near Shadnagar town on the Hyderabad-Bengaluru highway.