Hyderabad: A group of lawyers on Wednesday, February 4, staged a protest at the Moinabad Police Station after the cops allegedly refused to file a complaint of a female lawyer’s murder in Rangareddy.
The 34-year-old lawyer, identified as Swapna, was murdered by her brother over a property dispute in the Kethireddypally village within the Moinabad Police Station limits. She was a practising lawyer in the Chevalla court and visited the farmland, where a panchayat was reportedly being held to settle the family dispute.
Soon after, the discussion between Swapna and her brother escalated into a heated argument, following which he allegedly attacked her with a knife, stabbing her in the neck.
She suffered from serious injuries and fell on the spot. The villagers rushed Swapna to the hospital, but she was declared dead on arrival.
According to local media, police are actively trying to search for the accused, who had fled the scene after the attack.
Lawyers stage a protest
After the murder, the lawyer community gathered at the Moinabad Police Station, alleging that the police refused to accept the complaint regarding their fellow lawyer’s death.
Expressing anger over the alleged mishandling of the case by the police, they staged a dharna for several hours, demanding the suspension of Moinabad Sub-Inspector Narsimha Rao, claiming that the police had threatened them to leave the station.
SI Rao did not respond to Siasat.com’s requests for comment about the protest or the lawyers’ claims.
Meanwhile, the sit-in protest caused a massive traffic jam as the lawyers raised slogans, chanting for justice.
