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Publication: Deccan Chronicle
Date: February 1, 2004
A BEd student was stabbed to death
and three others seriously injured by the family members of a constable,
who assumed that they had teased the policeman's married daughter. The
students were trying to reason with the attackers when they were stabbed.
BEd student, Adicherla Srinivas,
a topper throughout his life, died on the spot, S Satish, G Markendeya
and K Mahender are battling for their lives at the MGM Hospital. All four
are students of St Peter's College of Education, Ramnagar locality here.
The incident took place late on Friday night. Police said the family members
of Armed Reserve constable Allah Baksh first attacked Rajavardhan, Gopi
and Krishna Murthy with knives, swords and sticks.
The students ran into the room in
which Srinivas and his friends were staying. Srinivas and the three others
went out to pacify the attackers but were attacked instead and Srinivas
fell on the spot. The trio hail from Pedda Kalvala in Peddapally mandal
in Karimnagar district. Mahender is a resident of Bala Samudram area, here.
"He told me that he was coming home
on Sunday, as his final exam was over on Thursday and that he would prepare
for the DSC test, we all were confident that he would be a teacher soon,"
said Srinivas's brother Satyanarayana. The Subedari police took into custody
Allah Baksh, his wife, and their daughter Mirza Shabana Begum. Others arrested
are Md Shaukatullah Baig, Khaza Pasha, Md Zakir and Shabana's husband Md
Haziz.
