Shabad Inspector Transferred After Six-Murder Case; Three Inspectors Reshuffled
The transfer order, issued by Future City police commissioner Tarun Joshi, appointed D.K. Laxmi Reddy as the Shahabad SHO. T
Hyderabad:The Future City police commissionerate on Thursday transferred three inspectors on administrative grounds, including the posting of a new station house officer (SHO) at Shabad where the mass murder of six persons, and the suicide of the Pocso Act-accused perpetrator, had triggered public outrage.
The transfer order, issued by Future City police commissioner Tarun Joshi, appointed D.K. Laxmi Reddy as the Shahabad SHO. The post had fallen vacant after inspector Kantha Reddy was transferred following departmental action in connection with the handling of the murder case.
The six murders took place on the night of July 10 in Shabad police limits on the outskirts of Hyderabad. According to police, accused P. Rajkumar allegedly killed a minor girl, her mother and grandmother after they filed a Pocso Act case against him. He also murdered his wife and two children before dying by suicide.
As part of the latest reshuffle, K. Narender Reddy has been transferred as Chevella SHO. M. Bhupal Sridhar has been posted to the Central Crime Records Bureau (CCRB), Future City commissionerate.
