Special court to try Nayeem cases soon

​Hyderabad: The Telangana government is planning to constitute a special court to try all the cases related to the late gangster Nayeemuddin to ensure speedy delivery of justice.

As many as 193 cases had been registered so far against Nayeem and his associates in different police stations. It will be difficult to monitor the progress of all these cases if tried in different courts and there will be inordinate delay due to various reasons.

Further, it would become difficult for the police to ensure safety of the complainants and witnesses while deposing before the courts, highly-placed sources in the police department told The Hans India.

To prevent the delay and to ensure speedy delivery of justice, the government is contemplating constituting a special court to try all the cases related to Nayeem, the sources said.

However, this will take a long time because the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the 193 cases has been waiting to get copies of the documents it has submitted to the courts.

“We will have to separate the documents related to each individual case and verify the documentary evidences that can be linked up to each case only after receiving copies of the documents we have deposited with the courts.

Applications had been filed before the courts seeking copies of the documents. The process is underway,” Inspector General of Police, SIT, Y Nagi Reddy told The Hans India.

Meanwhile, sources said the SIT has been able to file charge sheets in four cases, while 16 charge sheets were ready for submission to the respective courts. Interestingly, increasing number of cases are coming to light in which fake complaints were filed against Nayeem and his associates after the gangster was killed in an alleged police encounter some time ago.

In one case, owner of a land in Bhongir has sold five acres to a retired government employee in early 2000. However, he later wanted to cancel the sale and approached the court. After a prolonged legal battle for 14 years, the land owner who sold his agriculture land lost the case completely.

In the meantime, the retired government employee developed the land and took up farming. However, the land owner filed a case against the retired government employee after Nayeem’s death alleging that the land was forcibly taken from him, sources said.

In another instance, a father and son had property dispute and they have approached the police after the death of Nayeem alleging that the gangster had taken their property.

In yet another case, some members of the management of Gokul Cooperative Urban Bank in Hyderabad, who have siphoned off Rs 9 crore tried to save themselves by falsely alleging that Nayeem had forcibly extorted money from them due to which they were unable to pay back the money to their customers.

Sources also said that about 27 cases out of 193 registered against Nayeem are extortion cases which took place in the last five years while the remaining cases pertain to land disputes which date back to 10-15 years. It is difficult to find evidence in such cases and bring them to a logical conclusion.

Meanwhile, a few photographs emerged on Thursday in which Nayeem can be seen along with some police officials. In one photo, some police officials were having dinner along with the gangster, while two separate photos, two different police officials were seen in conservation with him. In yet another photo, a police official in uniform was seen seeking blessings at a Ganesh pandal organised by Nayeem.

SIT sources said all the photos were taken prior to 2005 when Nayeem was regularly attending courts and was not a fugitive. Hundreds of such photos were available with people in and around Bhongir and the SIT also has several photos.