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MUF to seek probe into encounter
The Muslims United Forum, an umbrella body of various religious, social and political organisations, has decided to meet Governor E S L Narasimhan and Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao demanding CBI probe into the Alair encounter wherein five undertrials were killed in an alleged encounter.
Hyderabad: The Muslims United Forum, an umbrella body of various religious, social and political organisations, has decided to meet Governor E S L Narasimhan and Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao demanding CBI probe into the Alair encounter wherein five undertrials were killed in an alleged encounter.
The meeting, held at MIM headquarters Darussalaam on Wednesday, was attended by MIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, Muslim Personal Law Board Assistant General Secretary Moulana Abdul Rahim Qureshi, Moulana Qubool Pasha Shattari and others. Briefing the media persons later, Asaduddin Owaisi described the encounter as fake and demanded CBI inquiry or a probe through sitting judge.
He alleged that it was a retaliatory killing and dismissed the police version that they fired in self-defence. He said it has been decided to petition the Governor and the Chief Minister seeking independent probe into the matter. Asaduddin Owaisi said that all the under-trials were handcuffed and killed in the police van itself. He accused the police of taking law into hands and deteriorating the situation in Telangana State.
He also demanded that the Chief Minister tender an unconditional apology over the incident.The MUF leaders also condemned the killing of 20 woodcutters from Tamil Nadu in an alleged encounter with police in the Seshachalam forest at the foot of the Tirumala hills on Tuesday. They demanded an independent probe into the killings.
