Undertrial had feared murder by police: Lawyer
10 April 2015 5:08 AM IST
Viquar Ahmed, one of the five undertrials gunned down by the police in Telangana on Tuesday, had expressed an apprehension that they might kill him, his lawyer said on Wednesday.
Viquar had filed a petition in the trial court six months ago, expressing his apprehension that the police may kill him in a staged gunfight while bringing him from Warangal Central Jail to Hyderabad.
“He had complained that policemen are trying to attack him while transporting him and others from Warangal,” said Abdul Azeem, who was representing Viquar and two others.
The defence counsel said Viquar’s father had also submitted a petition to the Chief Justice of the high court and human rights commission, stating that Viquar was facing a threat to his life from the police.
On April 6, Viquar had requested the court to transfer him to a jail in Hyderabad. The court was to pronounce orders on it on April 7, the day when he and four others were killed. Meanwhile, the police have handed over the bodies of the slain men to their families.
Viquar had filed a petition in the trial court six months ago, expressing his apprehension that the police may kill him in a staged gunfight while bringing him from Warangal Central Jail to Hyderabad.
“He had complained that policemen are trying to attack him while transporting him and others from Warangal,” said Abdul Azeem, who was representing Viquar and two others.
The defence counsel said Viquar’s father had also submitted a petition to the Chief Justice of the high court and human rights commission, stating that Viquar was facing a threat to his life from the police.
On April 6, Viquar had requested the court to transfer him to a jail in Hyderabad. The court was to pronounce orders on it on April 7, the day when he and four others were killed. Meanwhile, the police have handed over the bodies of the slain men to their families.
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