Four booked for rape, murder of woman in Sirwar

Four booked for rape, murder of woman in Sirwar The victim's father has in his complaint remarked that she went out towards Hokrani village outskirts when she was abducted in the evening hours.

Key points

• After the incident, Raichur Superintendent of Police Arunangshu Giri and other senior police office-holders visited Hokrani village to inspect the crime scene.
• This person is a daily wage worker, the victim went out for defecation towards the village outskirts near the Birappa and Palamma temples around 6.30 p.m.
• On Thursday morning, a local panchayat worker Mahmood alerted the family after village resident Basappa Sahukar spotted a body floating in the nearby Doddyala well from his rooftop.
• According to The complainant has, his daughter was a BA degree holder and was staying with them.
• When she failed to return, her mother went in search of her and discovered her discarded slippers and a water mug nearby.

Meanwhile, a 21-year-old Dalit woman, a BA graduate, was abducted, gang-raped, murdered and the body thrown into an open well in Hokrani village under the jurisdiction of Sirwar Police in Raichur district on Wednesday evening.

Notably, the Sirwar Police have registered an FIR against four Hokrani residents identified as 22-year-old Gundya, 22-year-old Mahanthesh, 23-year-od Veeresh and 45-year-old Mundargi Basawaraj after a complaint lodged by the victim's father.

According to the complainant. This person is a daily wage worker, the victim went out for defecation towards the village outskirts near the Birappa and Palamma temples around 6.30 p.m. On Wednesday.

When she failed to return, her mother went in search of her and discovered her discarded slippers and a water mug nearby. Local women reportedly informed the family that they earlier heard loud noises in the vicinity.

Despite an extensive overnight search by the family members, the victim remained untraceable.

Meanwhile, the victim's family eventually identified the deceased. The body reportedly bore severe injuries, showing clear signs of struggle and assault.

According to The complainant, the four accused abducted his daughter while she was outside, subjected her to gang rape and subsequently, murdered her to conceal the crime before dumping the body into the well.

After the complaint, the Sirwar Police registered Crime No 158/2026 under Sections 137(2), 103(1), 70, 238 [causing disappearance of evidence of crime] and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023 along with Section 3(2)(v) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act 2015.

While emergency personnel retrieved the victim's body and sent it for a post-mortem examination, sniffer dog units and fingerprint experts were deployed to gather forensic evidence.

"We have registered a case and introduced a full-scale investigation. A team of police officers has been formed to track down and arrest the accused, " Mr. Giri informed the media.

In short, four booked for rape, murder of woman in Sirwar is the central thread here, and readers can expect follow-up reporting as the picture becomes clearer.