Gangr*pe at Vijayawada govt hospital: CI, SI placed under suspension

Amaravati, April 22: Vijayawada police commissioner Kanthi Rana Tata on Friday placed Nunna Circle Inspector Hanish and Sector Sub Inspector Srinivasa Rao under suspension for showing negligence in discharging their duties. A mentally challenged woman was confined to a small room at government hospital in Vijayawada and gangr*ped by three outsourcing workers.
 
Parents of the victim have approached Nunna police station to lodge a missing complaint. But the police send them away and informed the victim’s parents to visit police station once again in the evening, despite they told cops of receiving a call from an anonymous number.
 
As the incident came to light, the opposition parties and people’s organisations have staged protests in front of police station, demanding justice to victim. They alleged that negligence of cops has resulted in gangr*pe of woman. After receiving complaint from parents of victim, the police registered a case and arrested the three.