Woman gang raped, killed in Shadnagar

SHADNAGAR: A woman was allegedly gang raped and murdered at Shadnagar town in Mahbubnagar district on Sunday. With this, the total number of women raped and murdered in the town and the district in the last one month has reached five and seven respectively.
Till now, not a single case has been solved or the culprit arrested. According to police inspector B Naveen Reddy, the body of an unidentified woman, aged 27, was found amidst bushes near the Mallikharjun colony on Sunday morning.He said the culprits gang raped and later strangled her.
This is not the first time that unidentified bodies of women have been found in Shadnagar. This has led to panic among residents of the town and nearby villages. M Uma Rani of Lakshminarsimha colony in Shadnagar told TOI that there is no proper patrolling by cops in the colonies.
Sources said crime rate has gone up ever since the town was made a municipality. While the civic amenities are pathetic, the spurt in crimes is unnerving the locals.
Residents have been demanding the police to beef-up patrolling in colonies and to strengthen security in the town, which lies on the national highway. But so far, their pleas have fallen on deaf ears. In 2008, there was a similar scare in the town, when a gang went on a rape-and-murder spree. Some 10 women were murdered then.