Condemning the gang rape and murder of a minor girl Simran (15) by some miscreants near Bantvaram in Ranga Reddy district, Home Minister N Narsimha Reddy today said that the officials are on a hunt to nab the culprits.
He told a press conference at Secretariat here, that the incident is inhuman and the society will not pardon such persons. The officials will catch hold of the miscreants in a day and punish them seriously, he declared. He expressed serious concern on recurrence of such incidents which will be dealt with an iron hand. Interrogation is on and already 20 persons were caught and those who involved will be taken into custody for stringent action he said.
However, in a related development the police are suspecting Kamal, father of the girl, for the dastardly incident. Kamal is facing a few cases as of now and the police has taken him into custody and interrogating on the case. Kamal allegedly narrated a story saying that some miscreants took his daughter by beating him up and murdered after a gang rape.(NSS)