3-Member Body Headed by Ex-SC Judge to Probe Hyderabad Encounter

The Supreme Court said that the inquiry needs to be completed in six months.

The Supreme Court on Thursday, 12 December, ordered a three-member judicial inquiry into the encounter of four people accused in the gang rape and murder of a veterinary doctor in Telangana, reports ANI.

According to the apex court’s directions, the probe will be headed by former SC judge VS Sirpurkar and comprise ex-Bombay HC judge Rekha Sondur Baldota and ex-CBI Director DR Karthikeyan.

The court also said that the inquiry needs to be completed in six months and no other court or authority shall inquire into this matter until further orders.