VIJAYAWADA: For 48-year-old Syed Shamshad Begum, mother of Ayesha Meera, who was murdered 11 years ago in her hostel room in Ibrahimpatnam, Vijayawada Court Complex is a grim reminder of the time she fought tirelessly to get justice for her daughter. Almost a decade after local Mahila Sessions Court convicted Pidathala Satyam Babu for the murder of her daughter, Syed Shamshad Begum and Iqbal Basha, Ayesha’s father, visited the Vijayawada Court Complex on Monday to attend a seminar on the World Human Rights Day, held in the Bezawada Bar Association (BBA) hall.
During a brief interaction with TNIE, Shamshad Begum shared her pain of waiting to see Ayesha’s killers punished. She also expressed her confidence on the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) cracking the mystery behind the murder. “This time, we will clearly tell the CBI officials not to waste their time as well as public money. In the name of case re-investigation, SIT officials spent 10 months and couldn’t come to a logical conclusion,” said Shamshad Begum.
Stating that the direction of Hyderabad High Court Chief Justice Radhakrishnan to give the case to CBI was historic and and it meant an end of their wait to see the killers getting punished, she said, “Other than CBI, we don’t have any other agency whose doors we can knock for justice. We hope our daughter will finally be able to get justice.”
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She also demanded CBI officials to complete the case investigation by conducting Narco analysis test on the seven suspects — prime suspect Koneru Satish Babu (grandson of former minister Koneru Ranga Rao), Abburi Ganesh and Chintha Pawan Kumar, Inampudi Padma (hostel warden), Inampudi Siva Ramakrishna (hostel warden’s husband) and Ayesha’s roommates Sowmya and Kavya.
“In two weeks, it (Ayesha’s murder) will complete 11 years and we are still running from pillar to post for justice. The case is revolving around the seven, and the CBI could crack it if they start investigating into it,” she said.
For the seminar on World Human Right Day, High Court criminal lawyer, who argued on behalf of Pidathala Satyam Babu in the Ayesha Meera case, Pattabhi Vemulapati, attended as a chief guest. He said awareness on human rights is the need of the hour.