The Telangana government led by K Chandrashekhar Rao has been directed by the Supreme Court-appointed Justice Sirpurkar Commission to present its evidence on Saturday in the alleged police encounter of four youths accused of gang rape and murder of a 26-year-old. The gang rape and murder of a 26-year-old in Shamshabad near Hyderabad in November 2019 sparked massive outrage in many parts of the country, with the media calling the alleged killing of the four accused killed in police custody as a 'Disha encounter'. The Supreme Court-appointed Justice Sirpurkar Commission has directed the Telangana government to present its evidence on Saturday.

Justice Sirpurkar Commission was constituted by the Supreme Court. Due to the Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) situation, the panel is conducting its proceedings in a hybrid manner, issuing summons for physical presence where required. It has also conducted 16 virtual hearings and passed orders in 24 applications filed by the police so far. According to the confession recorded by the police, a veterinary assistant surgeon at a government hospital was raped and murdered by four men and then her body was loaded into a truck and later burnt under a bridge.

After that all the four accused were killed in police custody on the Bengaluru-Hyderabad National Highway on December 6, 2019. Though the 'Disha encounter' was seen by many as an example of extra-judicial execution, thousands across the country celebrated 'quick justice' in the form of the death of the accused. In this regard, the Supreme Court-appointed panel ordered the Telangana government to present its evidence before the commission at the High Court building on August 21 at 11:30 am.

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