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Hyderabad: The Telangana State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of the murder of an accused of murder of a policeman in an alleged encounter by the police at a hospital in Nizamabad city and directed the Director General of Police to submit a report.
The Human Rights Commission on Tuesday took note of newspaper reports about Monday’s incident in Nizamabad, in which an accused in the murder of a police constable was killed by the police in an alleged encounter.
Sheikh Riyaz, who was recently arrested in connection with the murder of police constable Pramod Kumar, died in the encounter at the hospital where he was undergoing treatment.
It is reported that the said accused attempted to snatch the service weapon of an Armed Reserve Constable and tried to escape, after which the police, claiming self-defence, opened fire, resulting in his instant death.
The commission said that Telangana Director General of Police B. According to Shivadhar Reddy’s statement, the incident occurred in self-defense as the accused allegedly tried to fire at the police personnel.
“As reported, this incident involves custodial circumstances, and raises important questions relating to the right to life under Article 21 of the Constitution of India, as well as the guidelines issued by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in respect of encounter deaths in People’s Union for Civil Liberties v. State of Maharashtra (2014) 10 SCC 635 and the NHRC Guidelines (2010, reaffirmed 2014) Also follows the guidelines. “Considering the gravity of the case and the human rights implications, the Commission is of the considered opinion that this is a fit case for suo motu cognizance under Regulation 25 of the AP State Human Rights Commission (Procedure) Regulations, 2013,” the Commission said.
Taking suo motu cognizance of the alleged encounter death of Riyaz, the Commissioner directed the DGP to submit a detailed factual report regarding the circumstances of the encounter, status of the magisterial investigation and the order of any departmental/judicial proceedings, on the next hearing on October 24, along with compliance with the NHRC and Supreme Court guidelines on encounter deaths, as well as a copy of the FIR and post-mortem report. Presented.
Riyaz had allegedly stabbed police constable Pramod Kumar (42) to death while he was taking him to a police station in Nizamabad on October 17.
The DGP had ordered a raid to search for the accused who escaped after killing the constable.
Riaz attacked a man named Asif near Sarangpur under Nizamabad Town 6 police station limits on October 19. Asif, who was helping the police in capturing him, was seriously injured during the scuffle. Both men were taken to hospital for treatment and Riyaz was later taken into custody.
According to the police, Riyaz was involved in 61 cases including three attempts to murder, robbery and snatching. There were 50 theft cases registered against him, including six in Maharashtra.
–IANS