NHRC summons TS cops
Seeks reports related to Viquaruddin encounter on April 7
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday directed the Telangana government to furnish the reports of inquest, post-mortem and magisterial inquiry with regard to Alair encounter in which Viquaruddin and four other terror suspects were killed on April 7.
The full bench of the NHRC comprising its chairman K.G. Balakrishnan and Justices Cyriac Joseph, D. Murugesan and S.C. Sinha was hearing complaints by Mohammed Ahmed, father of Viquaruddin activists seeking action against the police personnel involved in the encounter.
Mr Ahmed asked whether it is possible for a person with hand cuffs and chained legs to snatch a weapon from the police and the pictures of the scene of offence clearly shows that it was a cold blooded murder.
It was brought to the notice of the bench that a day prior to the killings, one of the deceased, Zakir was taken to the Warangal prison from Chanchalguda prison in the city, despite his appearance along with the other four before the trial court at Hyderabad on April 7. While asking to furnish the reasons for shifting him from the city to Warangal, the NHRC bench pointed out that it is raising suspicion at the motive of the police.
The IG of Hyderabad Naveen Chand, told the bench that the deceased had a known history of violence and they are responsible for killing of three home guards and a constable and they also assaulted the jail staff in Chanchalguda prison.
“As the suspects killed several policemen, it seems that out of vindictiveness, the police eliminated them,” the bench said.