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Telangana Muslim groups threaten protests over killings
Telangana
Muslim groups threaten protests over killings
Hyderabad, April 15 Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) and
other Muslim groups in Telangana threatened to launch a state-wide protests
against the state government, if it failed to order independent inquiry into
killing of five undertrial prisoners by the police.
United Muslim Forum, an umbrella grouping of Muslim organisations, rejected the
probe by Special Investigation Team (SIT) ordered by the Telangana Rashtra
Samithi (TRS) government.
The public meeting organised by the forum in the old city of Hyderabad on
Tuesday night rejected the probe by SIT into April 7 incident.
A resolution passed unanimously at the meet reiterated the demand for a probe
by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or by a sitting judge of the high
court.
MIM president Asaduddin Owaisi said five undertrials were murdered in cold
blood by the police while bringing them to Hyderabad from Warangal Central
Jail.
He said the undertrials were handcuffed and chained and hence the police claim
was baseless that they tried to snatch weapons and escape. Owaisi demanded
immediate suspension of 17 policemen who were escorting the undertrials.