Vijayawada: The lone accused in the attack against engineering student Meena Kumari walked out free on Tuesday when the women's sessions court quashed the case against him. The judge, Sri Sudha, said that the prosecution had failed to prove the guilt of the accused, G Sandeep, also an engineering student.
In fact, it was stand taken by victim Meena Kumari that helped the accused go scot free as she did not recognise him during the trial, sources said. Sandeep, a third year engineering student at KL College of Engineering, was said to have attacked Meena, his junior, at her residence on April 9, 2005, and slit her throat with a sharp knife. Further, he tried to attack the family members of the girl when they attempted to nab him. Sandeep later told police that he made the murder attempt on the girl as she refused his love after having a close relationship for over two years. Meena Kumari, on the other hand, said that she had never loved Sandeep and wanted to distance herself from him only to focus on her studies. Luckily, she survived after putting up a near 30-day struggle in hospital. Parents of Sandeep, both Govt employees, backed the victim and demanded severe punishment for their son so that such attacks on girls would not recur. But five years later, the accused walked free. Sources said the police had not given enough support to Meena Kumari to fight against the offender.
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HC fiat to remove 'Dollar' Seshadri
The AP High Court on Wednesday directed the State Govt and the TTD to remove controversial OSD 'Dollar Seshadri' from service immediately. The division bench comprising Chief Justice Nissar Ahmad Kakru and Justice PV Sanjay Kumar made this order while disposing of a petition that challenged the state government's decision to reappoint 'Dollar' Seshadri in service even after his retirement and his alleged involvement in the disappearance of gold dollars belonging to the temple. When this matter came up for hearing on Wednesday, Shivraj Srinivas, the counsel for TTD replied to the question posed by the bench saying that the TTD board has decided to discontinue the services of all those including 'Dollar' Seshadri, who had retired from service and were reappointed and a decision to this effect would be taken in the next meeting of the board. The bench told him not to wait till the board meeting and directed the TTD to keep the officer away from duties till such time the board takes a decision.
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