Hyderabad : Was there a murder attempt on former minister and Congress MLA Sankar Rao?

His daughter Susmita says there was. She charges that the murder attempt was made by the police and they ran away when her father screamed loudly.

Alleging that there was a conspiracy to kill her and her father, Sushmita demanded security for them.

It may be recalled that Sankar Rao was arrested on a complaint of dowry harassment by his daughter-in-law. He developed illness during custody and was shifted to the Care hospital. Sushmita says there was murder attempt on him in the hospital.

According to her version, some person went into his room in the ICU of the hospital. Sankar Rao became alert when there were movements and screamed for the nurse. The stranger who sneaked in, has run away. She said her father told her about it and added that she saw some strangers sitting at the ICU and identified three of them as known policemen. The fourth person was unknown.

Sushmita said she had complained about this to the police and sought security. She said facts would come to light if CC TV footage was observed. However, police said they were all policemen on duty and Sushmita had mistaken them to be outsiders.