Lawyer couple hacked to death in Telangana

A lawyer couple was brutally hacked to death in broad daylight in Telangana on Wednesday.

The offenders intercepted the car in which Gattu Vaman Rao and his wife P V Nagamani were travelling on a highway in Peddapalli district towards Hyderabad after attending some court work in Manthani.

Both were practising advocates in the Telangana High Court and succumbed to the savage attack while being rushed to a hospital.

In his last moments, Rao reportedly mentioned the name of one Kunta Srinivas, said to be the president of the ruling TRS party’s Manthani Mandal unit. Rao’s brother also suspected Srinivas’s involvement in the murder.

Ramagundam Police Commissioner V Satyanarayana said that the incident occurred at around 2:30 pm and that six special teams had been formed to catch the culprits at the earliest.

The Bar Council of Telangana has issued a statement strongly condemning the attack.

“We demand the police to probe the matter immediately and arrest the culprits. The country is witnessing frequent attacks on advocates. No person can take law into his hands and resort to illegal activities,” the council said.

The council also demanded the government to enact legislation for advocate protection, “to safeguard the community discharging duties to protect the citizen rights.”