Overview
- Officers in Moinabad detained G Raju and associates V Veeresh, E Sandeep and K Shiva Lingam in the February 4 killing of 34-year-old advocate G Swapna.
- Investigators say the assailants rammed her with a car, beat her with sticks and stones, and slit her throat before fleeing in a car and a scooter.
- Police seized an Innova, a scooter, multiple mobile phones and the alleged weapon, describing the killing as premeditated.
- Authorities say Raju promised half an acre of land to two accomplices and Rs 10,000 to another, and they are checking links to earlier incidents Swapna reported in November and January.
- The murder triggered protests by lawyers who boycotted courts, demonstrated at the Moinabad police station and briefly blocked a national highway seeking stronger protections for women advocates.