The Cyberabad Police have picked up four men in connection with the gang-rape and murder of Dr Priyanka Reddy.

Those detained include two lorry drivers and two cleaners.

The officials are likely to announce the arrests and reveal the details of the case in the evening.

The charred body of the 26-year-old veterinary doctor was found at Shadnagar on the outskirts of Hyderabad on Thursday morning.

Dr Potula Priyanka Reddy, who was returning home from a hospital, went missing late on Wednesday, and hours later, her body was found near a culvert on the Hyderabad-Bengaluru National Highway.

The police found that while returning, she went to the ORR toll plaza at Tondupally to get her scooter, which she had parked there before going to the hospital at Gachibowli.

She had even spoken to her younger sister, P Bhavya Reddy, and said she had a flat tyre and some strangers were trying to help her.

She also urged her sister to continue talking to her over the phone, as she was afraid of the people who were offering help. Minutes later, her phone was switched off, forcing her family to approach the police with a complaint that she was missing.

The incident has sent shockwaves across the country with people from all walks of life demanding justice.