Former Minister Mohammed Ali Shabbir on Sunday demanded that the State Government set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe into the death of Mohammed Abdul Qadeer Khan, who succumbed to death due to the grievous injuries caused by Medak Police personnel.
Further, he said all the police personnel involved in the act must be booked for murder and arrested immediately. He also demanded compensation of Rs. 50 lakh to be paid to the victim’s family.
Shabbir Ali strongly condemned the Telangana Police for trying to cover up the custodial death. “Why is Home Minister Mahmood Ali silent on this issue? Why is he not at least acknowledging the custodial death of Qadeer Khan? Is this the KCR government’s example of ‘Friendly Policing’?” he asked?
The Congress leader said that the death of Qadeer Khan due to police torture has raised many questions about the functioning of Telangana Police. “Qadeer Khan was first picked up from the Old City of Hyderabad as a suspect in a theft case; brutally tortured for five days in a police station in Medak and then placed under illegal house arrest.
He was denied medical help although he suffered multiple fractures, dislocation of the spine and renal failure. He had to escape house arrest to get himself admitted to a hospital in Hyderabad.
Media has been reporting about the incident since Qadeer Khan was admitted to a hospital and the victim himself recorded a video narrating how he was tortured by the police. But neither the Home Minister, DGP or other police officials reacted and now after his death, they are busy trying to cover up everything,” he said.
