CLMC report also criticises the Muslim leadership for its failure in tackling the situation.
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Hyderabad: A fact finding team of Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee (CLMC), comprising Lateef Mohammed Khan, Advocate D. Suresh Kumar, Ashala Srinivas, Kaneez Fathima, Advocate Mandakini, Advocate Greeshma, Advocate Md. Ismail Khan and Charan K.S conducted fact finding from April 12-14, 2015 in the case related to ‘revenge’ killing of five Muslim under-trials who were killed by police on April 7 in cold blood.
Policemen claimed to open fire when the accused tried to snatch a weapon from a policeman in the running vehicle between Aler and Jangaon, about 80 km from Hyderabad in an area bordering Warangal and Nalgonda districts.
The persons who lost their lives are Mohammed Viqaruddin, Mohammed Haneef, Amjed Ali, Riyaz Khan all from Hyderabad and Izhar Khan from Uttar Pradesh. All of them were accused of forming a militant organization Tehreek-e-Galba-e-Islami and running a hit squad targeting police officers.
CLMC fact-finding team met the family members of the deceased, visited place of incident, met the police authorities and local people of Aler and surrounding areas as well as journalists who had covered the incident. The team members recorded the statements of all the people to find out the facts as to what actually happened in the Aler police station limits where five under trial prisoners were shot dead by the police personnel of escort party of central prison of wrangle district of Telangana a newly formed state of India.
The fact finding team observed that the Aler spot is the suitable place for carrying out extra judicial killing operation and the level of impunity is such extent it seems to be the Story of encounter given with the intention to let know the general public that the encounter was indeed fake and police can get away with it any time.
“It is clearly observed that conspiracy can be seen behind this killing which was carried out in a well planned manner,” CLMC fact finding report said, adding that it seems that the top brass of Telangana police hatched the conspiracy and got permission from the head of the government to execute the plan.
Family members had apprehensions from starting itself that their kin are not safe. Even the under trial prisoners mentioned many times orally and in writing that they have threat to their lives.
These youth were arrested in the year 2010 at Hyderabad with the allegations that they attacked the police personnel in the revenge of Makkah Masjid police firing. But the same youth were implicated in Gujarat cases of conspiracy to kill Modi. This has become a routine matter to implicate the Muslim youth in the conspiracy or anti national cases. Later they are killed in encounter.
From the family members statements it is clear that the youth were tortured after they were arrested and also tortured while returning back from the court to Warangal central prison.
The post mortem of the deceased was not conducted according to the NHRC guidelines. As per the family members there were many torture marks all over the body and to hide this, the police in a hurried manner asked the hospital authorities to conduct postmortem as soon as possible.
CLMC report alleges “nexus between the different departments of the government in killing the five under trial prisoners and carrying out post mortem.”
“The terror operation that started against the Muslim community in the year 2007 it is still continuing. And the Muslim community is under target by the state terrorism, Hindutva terrorism and media terrorism,” CLMC report noted.
CLMC team also came down heavily on the Muslim leadership, who, according to them, “failed to tackle the situation and is saying that all the atrocities and brutalities are happening on Muslims due to the formation of Telangana.” It seems that this statement is given to wash off their hands from their responsibilities towards the community, they noted.
CLMC also criticised the silence of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar, adding, “This silence gives the impression that he was well aware of this cold blooded murder of five under trial Muslim prisoners. It also indicates that he wants to be close with the Modi government and induct his daughter in Modi’s cabinet.”
CLMC said that he should take moral responsibility and resign as Chief Minister.
Aler police has, meanwhile, registered a case under section 307 of IPC i.e. attempt to murder against the under trail prisoners who were killed by the escort police party, but not registering the case u/s 302 IPC against police personal who killed these handcuffed and tied with chained under trails prisoners.
CLMC has demanded immediate investigation of the case by “credible judicial authority”, and prosecution of those policemen who opened fire on under trail prisoners.