Telangana: Congress urges governor to order CBI probe into advocate couple's murder case

HYDERABAD: The Congress has said it did not have confidence that the state police will do a fair investigation into the murder of the advocate couple and urged governor Tamilisai Soundararajan to use her good offices and ensure that a court monitored CBI probe is ordered into the double murder of Gattu Vaman Rao and PV Nagamani.
A Congress delegation comprising TPCC president N Uttam Kumar Reddy, MLC T Jeevan Reddy, MLA D Sridhar Babu and T Jayaprakash Reddy among others met the Governor on Friday and submitted a representation stating that the video clips circulating on social media showed Vaman Rao, lying on road with bleeding injuries and taking the name of Kunta Srinu, TRS mandal president as the main killer.
"Gattu Vaman Rao and his wife PV Nagamani were hacked to death by TRS activists in broad daylight at Ramgiri on 17th February, 2021. They lawyer couple, appearing as counsels in different cases, had filed a PIL about the alleged custodial death of a Dalit, Seelam Rangaiah, in Manthani police station of Ramagundam Police Commissionerate. During a recent hearing of the matter in the high court, Vaman Rao, who was appearing as counsel in the PIL plea filed by his wife stated that they were being harassed with false cases and threatening calls from the police and others," Uttam informed the Governor in the representation.
Later, Uttam told reporters that CM KCR did not issue even a single-line statement condemning the brutal murders. “His silence indirectly gives a free hand to sand, land and mines mafia to establish their control by instilling fear among common people,” he alleged.
The Congress would also write to Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the President of the Bar Council of India and other authorities regarding the lawyer couple's murder.
Later, the Congress leaders met director general of police requesting him to expedite the investigation into the double murder case and also to provide protection to the family members of Vaman Rao and Nagamani.