Telangana sets up SIT to probe killing of prisoners
14 April 2015 12:40 AM GMT
The Telangana government on Monday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe April 7 killing of five undertrial prisoners by police.
The six-member team will be headed by Inspector General of Police Sandeep Shandilya. A day after Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao announced probe by SIT, Chief Secretary Rajiv Sharma issued orders constituting the panel.
Khammam’s Superintendent of Police Shanawaz Qasim, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Intelligence, M.Dayanand Reddy, Assistanct Commissioner of Police M.Ramana Kumar, and Inspectors Raja Venkat Reddy and S.Ravinder are the members of SIT.
Police shot dead five undertrials near Aler in Nalgonda district on April 7 while bringing them to Hyderabad from Warangal Central Jail, claiming that they tried to snatch weapons and escape.
The six-member team will be headed by Inspector General of Police Sandeep Shandilya. A day after Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao announced probe by SIT, Chief Secretary Rajiv Sharma issued orders constituting the panel.
Khammam’s Superintendent of Police Shanawaz Qasim, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Intelligence, M.Dayanand Reddy, Assistanct Commissioner of Police M.Ramana Kumar, and Inspectors Raja Venkat Reddy and S.Ravinder are the members of SIT.
Police shot dead five undertrials near Aler in Nalgonda district on April 7 while bringing them to Hyderabad from Warangal Central Jail, claiming that they tried to snatch weapons and escape.
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