Hyderabad: The Vikarabad Police in
neighbouring Ranga Reddy district have arrested two former
stringers of two Telugu TV news channels on charges of raping
and robbing two women.
The accused Uday Kumar and Srinivas Goud, former
employees of two Telugu TV channels allegedly raped the two
women at Anantagiri hills near Vikarabad when they were having
dinner on Friday night, a senior police officer said today.
The duo approached the victims claiming that they
were policemen and questioned them and later reportedly beat
up a man who came to meet the women, the officer said.
"After beating up the the man, Uday and Srinivas took
the women to an abandoned building nearby, snatched Rs 1,300
and cell phones from them and raped them," he said.
The victims who are residents of Rajenderanagar here,
later complained to police about the incident.
The Vikarabad police registered a case against Uday
and Srinivas and arrested them yesterday and the duo were sent
to 14-days judicial remand, the police officer added. Further
investigations were on.
PTI
First Published: Sunday, March 28, 2010, 18:09