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Slain undertrial's family lodges complaint against Telangana police
Hyderabad, April 11
The family of one of the five undertrial prisoners, who were gunned
down by police in Telangana, has lodged a complaint against the
policemen involved in the "fake" encounter.
Mohammed Ahmed,
father of Viquar Ahmed, lodged a complaint at Aler police station in
Nalgonda district on Saturday, alleging that the police murdered his son
and four others while bringing them to Hyderabad from Warangal Central
Jail.
Ahmed told reporters, after submitting his complaint, that
the undertrials were killed in "cold blood". He demanded that homicide
charges be framed against the 17 policemen who were escorting them.
Viquar
and four others were shot dead by police near Aler on April 6. Police
claimed that they had to open fire as the undertrials tried to snatch
their weapons and escape.
Human rights groups termed the
encounter as "fake" and alleged that the murders were committed to exact
revenge for the killing of four policemen by terror operatives in
Nalgonda district last week.
They said the undertrials were
handcuffed and chained to their seats in the police vehicle, and were in
no position to snatch weapons from police.
Majlis-e-Ittehadul
Muslimeen (MIM) and other Muslim groups have demanded a probe by the
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or a sitting judge of the high
court.
MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday met Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, seeking the probe.