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  • Telangana custodial death: Khadeer’s widow given 2BHK flat

    Telangana custodial death: Khadeer’s widow given 2BHK flat

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    Hyderabad: AIMIM demands murder case against Medak cops over man's death

    Hyderabad: More than a fortnight after Mohammad Khadeer‘s custodial death due to torture by the Medak district police, his widow Farzana Khan (Siddeshwari) has been granted a two bedroom-house-kitchen (2BHK) flat. Her three children have also been admitted at the Telangana Minorities Residential School (TMRS).

    AIMIM public relations officer Tauseef Mohammed said, “We have requested the state government to grant a government job to Khadeer’s widow and a compensation of Rs 50 lakhs to his family.” The All India Majilis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has taken up the issue with the state government since it was reported, and pressed for compensation.

    Tauseef said that the file has been sent to the Telangana chief secretary Santhi Kumari for approval. “The request is still under process. We expect a decision soon in this matter within a week,” Tauseef said. The AIMIM has also extended financial support of Rs 1.5 lakhs to Khadeer’s family from its Majlis Charity Educational and Relief Trust.

    “We have also approved the admission of Khadeer’s three children under the Telangana Minorities Residential School (TMRS),” Tauseef told Siasat.com.

    Mohammad Khadeer was a 35-year-old daily wage labourer who was allegedly thrashed in the custody by the Medak police. He was kept under police custody for five days and later under house arrest with no medical help.

    Khadeer was admitted to the Medak hospital with serious injuries. He was later shifted to Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad owing to multiple fractures, dislocation of the spine, and renal failure in his body. However, he died on February 17.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Medak cops violated laws: Fact-finding team who visited Khadeer’s kin

    Medak cops violated laws: Fact-finding team who visited Khadeer’s kin

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    Hyderabad: A fact-finding team of social activists visited the family, friends and neighbours of Mohammed Khadeer Khan, who died on February 21 following alleged police brutality. It concluded that the Medak police failed to follow the process of law and violated several provisions of CrPC, guidelines and judgments delivered by the Supreme Court and various High Courts in the cases of arrest and detention.

    The team came out with 13 pointers report that suggests that Khadeer was tortured and attempts were made to erase the evidence.

    Not just Khadeer, but his friend Rizwan and brother-in-law Moin were taken along with the victim and allegedly beaten for hours.

    No specific complaint or FIR was registered against Khadeer. “It is merely on the basis of misidentification that he was arrested and tortured,” said the report.

    Instead of producing before the regular judicial magistrate, Khadeer was produced before the executive magistrate, raising suspicions that he was arrested on mistaken identification due to footage from the CCTV camera.

    “The Medak police personnel came to Hyderabad in a private vehicle (Swift car) with plain clothes and without name tags to arrest Khadeer, thus violating guidelines of the apex court laid down in DK Basu case in arresting and keeping accused in police custody. Moreover, police collected Khadeer’s call data records without any warrants,” the report said.

    “It seems that police targeted Khadeer to hide their failure in arresting the real culprit involved in the theft case,” the report stated.

    The report alleged that police hesitancy to provide timely medical treatment to Khadeer was “to save their own skin”.

    Lastly, the fact-finding team has laid down recommendations to the Director General of Police (DGP). They are as follows:

    • Immediate safety and security to all witnesses including Rizwan and Moin who were present at the time of the torture.
    • Preservation of medical records and statements of doctors who treated Khadeer.
    • File FIRs against the erring police officers under 302 (Whoever commits murder shall be punished with death or imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine) of the Indian Penal Code, as well as issue an immediate order to preserve the CCTV footage from January 29 to February 16.
    • Speedy trial by appointing a special magistrate and a separate bench.
    • Transfer of Medak’s superintendent of police for failing to take timely action against the erring police officials.
    • Training for police officials on how to conduct themselves with regards to an investigation as well as the approach with empathy towards the general public.
    • Compensation of Rs50 lakh and a government job to Khadeer’s widow by the state government.

    “Khadeer was a daily wage worker. His family consists of four persons who were completely dependent on him. Now this family is rendered orphans without male support,” the report concluded.

    The fact-finding team of social activists included Khalida Parveen, Murali Karnam, S.Q.Masood, Krishna Kumari, Manga, Deepthi, Kaneez Fathima, Kareema, Farisa Quadri, Naseem Sultana, Gayatri and Fariya.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Telangana Congress demands Rs 50L ex-gratia for Khadeer’s family

    Telangana Congress demands Rs 50L ex-gratia for Khadeer’s family

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    Hyderabad: AIMIM demands murder case against Medak cops over man's death

    Hyderabad: A day after Mohammed Khadeer died of alleged custodial torture by Medak police, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee President A Revanth Reddy demanded the government provide exgratia of fifty lakh rupees to the kin of the deceased.

    Terming the incident atrocious Revanth Reddy demanded exgratia for Khadeer’s kin and a probe into his death. “I strongly condemn this atrocious act and & SIT enquiry & exgratia of 50 lakhs to Khadeer’s family,” tweeted Revanth.

    In his last video, Mohammad Qadeer, as a ‘dying declaration’, alleged that the Medak police thrashed him for 5 days and they tried to cover it up.

    Mohammad Khadeer died at Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad after the Medak police allegedly brutally tortured him causing major injuries that led to his death.

    Telangana DGP Anjani Kumar on Saturday directed the Inspector General of Police to supervise the probe of the alleged custodial torture-related death of the 35-year-old labourer who was picked up by Medak police, suspecting his role in a theft case.

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  • Telangana DGP orders probe into Khadeer’s custodial death case

    Telangana DGP orders probe into Khadeer’s custodial death case

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    Hyderabad: Telangana DGP Anjani Kumar on Saturday directed the Inspector General of Police to supervise the probe of the alleged custodial torture-related death of Mhammad Khader who was picked up, by Medak police, suspecting his role in a theft case.

    The 35-year-old daily wage labourer on Friday succumbed to the injuries he had sustained due to the alleged torture by the police.

    The man was picked up from his sister’s house in Hyderabad on January 29 on suspicion of being involved in a theft case and was brought to Medak.

    In a statement while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Medak, he alleged that he was kept in custody for five days and beaten up by policemen though he kept telling them that he was innocent.

    “The cops said the person involved looks like me,” he said.

    The police let him off on February 2 when he was unable to move his hands. They (police) asked him to tell others that he was kept in custody for one night. They also asked him to sign a paper and as he was unable to even hold the pen, one of the policemen signed the paper.

    Khadeer named the two constables and the Sub-Inspector (SI). He said while the SI only slapped him twice or thrice, the two constables beat him up all over the body.

    Due to the alleged torture, Khadeer could not stand on his feet, and his kidneys were also damaged. His wife Siddeshwari, alleged that police used third-degree methods on him. On February 9, he was admitted to a hospital in Medak.

    As Khadeer’s condition kept deteriorating, he was referred to Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad for better treatment. However, he succumbed to his injuries on February 17 and is survived by his wife and two children.

    The body was handed over to the family members early Saturday morning after autopsy and it was later taken to Medak for last rites.

    Khadeer’s death triggered public outrage. Local Muslim community leaders urged Bharat Rastra Samiti (BRS) MLA M. Padma Devender Reddy to take action against the policemen involved.

    Subsequently, the MLA spoke with the Medak Superintendent of Police (SP) Rohini Priyadarshini, demanding an investigation into the incident.

    The SP transferred SI Rajshekar and the two constables, Pavan and Prashanth.

    AIMIM MLA from Hyderabad, Kausar Mohiuddin visited Medak and attended the funeral on Saturday morning. He slammed the police for the restrictions imposed on the funeral and questioned if Qadeer was a “naxalite or terrorist”.

    The MLA demanded that the three policemen involved in the case should be booked for murder. He said the FIR should be changed to include the names of the SI and the two constables.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )