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4 accused in Hyderabad rape-murder case shot dead: Police

Hyderabad: All four accused in the rape-and-murder case of a 25-year-old woman veterinarian near here last month were killed in an exchange of fire with police on Friday morning, police said.

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Nirbhaya's parents welcome H'bad encounter; Tharoor cautions against extra-judicial killings

New Delhi: The father of Nirbhaya, the 23-year-old paramedic student who died days after being gangraped in Delhi in December 2012, welcomed the news of the death of the accused in the Hyderabad gangrape-and-murder case in a police encounter on Friday and said the family's wait for justice ended early.