GUNTUR: A day after a man was lynched by villagers on suspicion that he was behind a spate of attacks on women in Tenali division, cops on Sunday ruled out the murdered man's role. Police have now slapped a case against unidentified villagers under IPC section 304 for killing an innocent man.
The cops, meanwhile, are trying to identify the murdered man. "Our teams are trying to get information as to from where he landed in the village," Annapurna said. The deceased was reportedly speaking in broken Hindi and is believed to be from Odisha.
The victim women said the murdered man was not their attacker after cops showed them his photograph. The cops had to circulate the photo after the women, including students of a hostel, refused to visit the hospital to identify him. "As per the statements of the women, the features of the deceased did not tally with those of the suspect," OSD (north) K Annapurna Reddy told TOI, adding that the Tenali police investigating the case have also rejected the claims of Pedavadlapudi villagers.
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