Worse than a Tollywood film: Twitter reacts to pistol in the hands of Hyderbad rape accused
All four people accused in the rape and murder of woman veterinarian in Telangana were killed in a police encounter on Friday morning.
The incident took place around 6.30 am when the accused were taken to the site of the offence for reconstruction of the scene of the crime as part of the investigation, a senior police official said. "They (accused) snatched weapons from police and fired on police and tried to escape... police fired in retaliation in which the four accused died," a senior police official told PTI.
Two policemen were also injured, he said. The four men, all lorry workers, aged between 20 and 24, were arrested on November 29 for raping and killing the woman by smothering her and later burning her body.They were remanded to 7 days' judicial custody.
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The extra-judicial killings have drawn mixed responses, some hailed the police encounters while some said that the police should have followed the law of the land.
The pictures of a pistol were seen in the hands of one the accused in the rape and murder of the woman veterinarian killed in the encounter earlier today by police. Twitter mocked it and called it 'worse than a Tollywood film'. Some even called it the climax of Ranveer Singh's movie Simmba.
Here are some of the reactions:
Even South movies have better script than this.
— सिद्धान्त पटेल (@PatelSiddhant_) December 6, 2019
?? B grade Bollywood style
— ThaNAMOs (@kabirazad2017) December 6, 2019
Fully south movie style. Very good decision bcz all accused accepted their crimes
— Sandeep Singhania ??? (@imsandeep0) December 6, 2019
Simba movie plot. But well executed. Don't care how justice is done, it's done that's what important. #IstandwithTelanganapolice
— Akshat Abhishek (@akshatabhishek0) December 6, 2019
Encounter is inspired by Bollywood
— Ankit Sachan (@ankitsa01104762) December 6, 2019
#Hyderabad police give tough fight to Akshay Kumar...how he wil earn now.. As ppl already saw end
— Saimawani (@Saimawa62589841) December 6, 2019
Makes for a C grade film story!
Crime scene reconstruction at 3am?? Accused were not handcuffed and chained?? All of them with precision snatched guns?? Accused shot at police, police not injured, all accused shot dead in return fire!— Ajay KAPPS (@ajkapps) December 6, 2019
Remember Simmba - The bollywood flick? @Iyervval
They had a similar plot.. Just that t location was inside thana..
Well Bollywood is really influencing society now! pic.twitter.com/HGmcJlKAA9— Desi Guy (@Soum17785045) December 6, 2019
Cyberabad CP, VC Sajjanar in a press conference said, "Today, the police brought the accused to the crime spot as part of investigation. The accused then attacked the police with sticks and then snatched the weapons from us and they started firing on police.
"The police warned them and asked them to surrender but they continued to fire. Then we opened fire and they were killed in the encounter. During encounter, two police men have been injured and they have been shifted to the local hospital," he added.