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Man Arrested for Abetment of Suicide and POCSO Charges in Swetcha Votarkar Case

Chikkadpally Police reclassified the case as abetment to suicide under POCSO, charging Purnachander Rao, with forensic findings still pending

Telugu TV news anchor and poet Swetcha Votarkar, 40, found dead under suspicious circumstances.
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Telegu TV Anchor Swetcha Votarkar | Image: X
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Overview

  • Chikkadpally Police arrested Purnachander Rao early Sunday, charging him with abetment to suicide and invoking sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act
  • The investigation was reclassified from a suspicious death to abetment of suicide with POCSO provisions after Swetcha’s father filed a complaint naming Rao as responsible
  • Swetcha Votarkar was found hanging in her Jawahar Nagar penthouse on June 27 and authorities are awaiting post-mortem and forensic laboratory reports
  • Her father alleges that Rao harassed his daughter for three years under false promises of marriage, inflicting mental distress on her
  • Votarkar was a veteran Telugu news anchor of 18 years at channels including TV9 and a TUWJ State Committee member who lived with her mother and school-age daughter