Investigators probing the November 27 gang-rape, murder and burning of a veterinary doctor Disha in Hyderabad have claimed that two of the four suspects had confessed to raping and burning nine other women. The four suspects Mohammed Areef, J Naveen, J Shiva and Ch Chennakeshavulu were later shot dead on the outskirts of Hyderabad on Dec 6 in a police "encounter".

Telangana police have arrested 28-year-old Marri Srinivasa Reddy for allegedly raping and killing three minor girls and murdering a sex worker in the past four years. The police said Reddy, who was addicted to alcohol and pornographic movies, dumped the girls' bodies in abandoned wells. The incident came to light when his latest victim's body was found in a well.