Rape-and-murder accused last seen by railway keyman, farmers
The Hindu
Farmers shouted at the man not to move further
Though Pallakonda Raju, the 30-year-old rape-and-murder suspect, managed to evade electronic surveillance and police vigil for almost a week, he finally landed in the eye of a circumspect railway keyman and two farmers near Naskhal railway station in Jangaon district on Thursday morning. Minutes later he allegedly ended his life.
While the eyewitnesses recapitulated that upon seeing them Raju ran and hid in the bushes, and later he came running towards the Konark Express. All this happened in a split second.
Before they could reconcile what was happening, he was killed by the train. The incident took place around 8.40 a.m.
Around 440 MBBS graduates of 2021 are not required to undergo one year of compulsory rural service as per the bond signed by them while joining the medical course through government-quota seats in 2015 as the High Court of Karnataka has said the law, enacted in 2012 for mandatory rural service, remained unenforced for 10 years as it was published in the official gazette only in July 2022.