Top dog which helped crack key cases dead

Hyderabad: A member of the Suryapet district police canine squad, 13-year-old Jyothi, breathed her last on Saturday after serving the department for over a decade. Jyothi played a crucial role in providing a breakthrough to the cops when SIMI terrorists killed an SI in Nalgonda district in 2015 and also in the brutal murder of former Maoist and BRS leader Konapuri Ramulu, who was shot dead in the erstwhile Nalgonda district in 2014. Suryapet superintendent of police BK Rahul Hegde, additional superintendent of police Nageshwar Rao, personnel from the canine squad and other wings paid their last respects to Jyothi, after which she was laid to rest. Belonging to the Dobermann family, Jyothi joined the department in 2013 and started serving in the erstwhile Nalgonda district. During the bifurcation of new districts in 2016, she was allotted to Suryapet district.Known for her skills in sniffing and tracking, Jyothi has assisted cops in numerous cases which include murders and property offences. She played a crucial role in tracking the unidentified suspects who gunned down the BRS leader Konapuri Ramulu at a function hall in Nalgonda town in May 2014. She led the cops in the direction in which the suspects fled and got actionable clues to nab them. A year later, SIMI terrorists shot dead two police personnel in Nalgonda district. Jyothi gave cops a breakthrough leading them to the suspects, who were later gunned down in an encounter.