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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 )
March 1, 2023
Medak death: Telangana BSP to hold condolence meet for Khadeer Khan

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Hyderabad: The Telangana Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) state convenor for minorities Abrar Hussain Azad announced on Wednesday that a condolence meet will be organised at Mecca Masjid in view of the Medak custodial death.
In a press note, Hussain Azad stated that the meet, which will be held on Friday after the prayers will also include a demand of ex gratia for Medak custodial death victim Kadheer Khan’s family. Further, the BSP demanded a sitting High Court judge to punish the murderers.
Three days ago, on February 19, Sunday, the Telangana BSP chief RS Praveen Kumar questioned state chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR) on the alleged custodial death of Mohammad Khadeer Khan and asked if Bahujans hold lesser value than dogs under his rule.
“KCR garu, you have filed a case against the doctors that your puppy-husky died, but your police are still chasing a poor Bahujan man Khadeer Khan to the point of kidney damage in Medak. Are our poor lives in Telangana worse than your dogs?? #Justice4KhadirKhan,” Praveen Kumar tweeted.
Background of the case
Khadeer, the 35-year-old daily wage labourer on February 18 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.
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.
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February 22, 2023
Telangana HC takes suo-moto cognizance of Medak custodial death

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Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Monday took suo-moto cognizance of the alleged custodial torture and death case of Mohammed Khadeer in Medak district. Chief Justice of the Telangana High court Justice Ujjal Bhuyan used a media report as a suo motu writ petition and posted the case for hearing on Tuesday.
The court has also issued notices to the Principal Secretary Home Department, Director General of Police, Superintendent of Police, Deputy Superintendent of Police Medak District and Station House Officer of the Medak Police Station and sought their replies by Tuesday.
“The Indian Express Daily” dated 19 February carried a report with the caption DEATH OF THEFT ACCUSED IN POLICE CUSTODY,” the Chief Justice said substantiating on the need for suo-moto cognizance.
The Telangana High court has also called for remarks and records from the respondents relating to the custodial death of Mohammed Khadeer. The suo-motu writ petition says that Khadeer was a daily wage earner in Medak Police Station who was detained on 27 January 2023 at Medak police station. He was interrogated for allegedly snatching a chain from a woman and was grievously injured as a result of the alleged torture and third-degree treatment meted out to him while he was in police custody.
Thereafter he was rushed to the hospital where his health condition deteriorated and Khadeer was declared dead on 16 February 2023 in Gandhi Hospital.
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February 20, 2023
Medak custodial death: Muslim leaders demand inquiry by HC

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Muslim delegations submitted memoranda demanding a free and fair inquiry by a sitting High Court judge into the Medak Police torture victim Mohammed Khadeer Khan’s death.
The memorandums were presented to the Bhuvanagiri and Rangareddy district collectors to be forwarded to Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR).
“A very sad part of this incident is that when the matter came out in public Smt Rohini Priyadarshi IPS Superintendent of Police without any investigation of inquiry denied police torture and supported her subordinates and tried to save them,” said the memo calling for the suspension of the superintendent during the inquiry.
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) party vice president Mohammed Hamed, BRS party general secretary Shaker Baig, BRS party spokesman Syed Abdul Rawoif from Jalpally Municipality met the district collector of Rangareddy and submitted a memorandum demanding an inquiry into the death of Mohammed Khadeer Khan Medak Police and asked for ex-gratia to be given to his family.
Yadadri Bhuvanagiri District Muslim Joint Action Committee (JAC) submitted a memorandum to the Bhuvanagiri district collector, demanding a free & fair inquiry by a sitting High Court judge into the Medak police torture incident.
The Muslim leaders demanded that a compensation of Rs 25 lakhs, a double bedroom flat, and a government job should be given to the family of Khadeer Khan.
The memo also stated that the sub-inspector and constables responsible for the death of Khadeer Khan should be dismissed and arrested for murder under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Daily wage laborer, Mohammad Khadeer, 35, succumbed to the injuries he had sustained due to torture by police.

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. Khadeer Khan was taken from his sister’s house in Medak to the police station. He was picked up under the suspicion of being involved in a theft case.
The police let him off on February 2. 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.
Khadeer’s death triggered public outrage. Local Muslim community leaders urged Bharat Rastra Samithi (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.
Circle inspector Madhu, sub-inspector Rajasekhar and constables Prashanth and Pavan Kumar of Medak town have been suspended, said Medak Superintendent of Police Rohini Priyadarshini on Sunday.
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 Khadeer was a “naxalite or terrorist”.
Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president A Revanth Reddy on Sunday demanded the government provide ex gratia of fifty lakh rupees to the kin of the deceased.
Congress leader Mohammed Ali Shabbir on Sunday demanded that the Telangana government set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe into the death of Khadeer Khan.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 20, 2023
Telangana: Four cops suspended over custodial death due to torture in Medak

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Hyderabad: Four police officers in Telangana’s Medak district were suspended on Sunday over the death of a man in police custody following alleged torture.
Circle inspector Madhu, sub-inspector Rajasekhar and constables Prashanth and Pavan Kumar of Medak town have been suspended, Medak Superintendent of Police Rohini Priyadarshini said.
Inspector General of Police Chandrasekhar Reddy ordered their suspension, a day after Director General of Police Anjani Kumar ordered an investigation by a senior officer into the incident.
The DGP had directed the IGP to give the investigation to a senior officer of Kamareddy district and supervise the investigation.
The police chief also announced that disciplinary action has been initiated against the inspector and sub-inspector.
Daily wage labourer, Mohammad Qadeer, 35, on Friday succumbed to the injuries he had sustained due to torture by 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. He was taken to Medak where police allegedly kept him in illegal custody for five days and tortured him.
Qadeer was let off on February 2. His family alleged that he was tortured by police using third-degree methods.

Due to the alleged torture, Qadeer could not stand on his feet, and his kidneys were also damaged. On February 9, he was admitted to a hospital in Medak.
As Qadeer’s condition kept deteriorating, he was referred to Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad for better treatment. However, he succumbed to his injuries on February 17. He 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 buried in Medak.
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February 20, 2023
Telangana govt should constitute SIT to probe Medak death: Shabbir Ali

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Hyderabad: Congress leader Mohammed Ali Shabbir on Sunday demanded that the Telangana government set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe into the death of Mohammed Abdul Qadeer Khan, who succumbed to death due to the grievous injuries caused by Medak Police personnel.
Further, he said all the police personnel involved in the act must be booked for murder and arrested immediately. He also demanded compensation of Rs 50 lakh to be paid to the victim’s family.
Shabbir Ali strongly condemned the Telangana Police for trying to cover up the custodial death.
“Why is the state home minister Mahmood Ali silent on this issue? Why is he not at the very least acknowledging the custodial death of Qadeer Khan? Is this the KCR government’s example of ‘friendly policing’?” he asked.
The Congress leader said that the death of Qadeer Khan due to police torture has raised many questions about the functioning of Telangana Police.
“Qadeer Khan was first picked up from the Old City of Hyderabad as a suspect in a theft case; brutally tortured for five days in a police station in Medak and then placed under illegal house arrest. He was denied medical help although he suffered multiple fractures, dislocation of the spine and renal failure. He had to escape house arrest to get himself admitted to a hospital in Hyderabad. Media has been reporting about the incident since Qadeer Khan was admitted to a hospital and the victim himself recorded a video narrating how he was tortured by the police. But neither the home minister, DGP or other police officials reacted and now after his death, they are busy trying to cover up everything,” he said.
Shabbir Ali alleged that Telangana was becoming the capital of ‘custodial deaths and torture.
He said a Dalit woman Mariyamma and her son Uday Kiran were brutally tortured by the police in Yadadadri Bhuvanagiri district and later Mariyamma succumbed to the injuries in July 2021.

Two more cases were later reported from Suryapet and Kamareddy districts.
“Instead of ensuring the safety of common people, home minister Mahmood Ali leaves no occasion to praise the Telangana police and its ‘friendly policing’,” he said adding that Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR) never reacted on the rising incidents of custodial deaths in different parts of Telangana.
He also condemned MIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi for defending the KCR government on all issues including the custodial death of Qadeer Khan. He pointed out that Qadeer Khan was picked by the police from Yakutpura, which is part of the Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency.
“The AIMIM leader went to Bharatpur in Rajasthan to meet the families of two youths Junaid and Nasir who were murdered in Haryana by the right-wing goons. While we strongly condemn the murder of Junaid and Nasir and demand stern action against the culprits, we expect Asaduddin Owaisi to express a similar reaction to Qadeer Khan’s custodial death who belonged to his home state. Why Asaduddin Owaisi did not visit the Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad where Qadeer Khan was admitted for 23 days? Is he not trying to protect KCR government as he did in the past in similar cases?” he asked.
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February 19, 2023
Medak custodial death: Are Bahujans lower than dogs? Telangana BSP asks KCR

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Hyderabad: Telangana Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief RS Praveen Kumar on Sunday questioned state chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on the alleged custodial death of Mohammad Khadeer Khan and asked if Bahujans hold lesser value than dogs under his rule.
“KCR garu, you have filed a case against the doctors that your puppy-husky died, but your police are still chasing a poor Bahujan man Khadeer Khan to the point of kidney damage in Medak. Are our poor lives in Telangana worse than your dogs?? #Justice4KhadirKhan,” Praveen Kumar tweeted.
#KCR గారూ,మీఇంట్లో కుక్క పిల్ల-హస్కీ చచ్చిపోతెనేమో డాక్టర్ల మీద కేసు పెట్టిండ్రు, కానీ ఒక పేద బహుజనబిడ్డ ఖదీర్ ఖాన్‌ను మీ పోలీసులు మెదక్ లో కిడ్నీలు చెడిపోయేలా కొట్టిచంపితే వాళ్లను ఇంకా వెనకేసుకొస్తున్నరు. మీ కుక్కలకన్న హీనమా తెలంగాణల మా నిరుపేద బతుకులు??#Justice4KhadirKhan pic.twitter.com/HhYiu4Xxmb
— Dr.RS Praveen Kumar (@RSPraveenSwaero) February 19, 2023
Praveen Kumar was referring to a case in September 2019, where Hyderabad police had charged a veterinary doctor with negligence in the death of Husky, a pet dog at Pragati Bhavan, the official residence of the chief minister. The Hulk breed, a cross between a pit bull terrier and a bulldog, belonged to the 11-month-old dog. Husky allegedly died on September 11 after the veterinarian gave him an injection.
The police registered a case and launched an investigation after receiving a complaint from Asif Ali Khan, who looks after the pet dogs at Pragati Bhavan. The complainant claimed that the dog died as a result of the doctor and the doctor in charge of the private veterinary clinic where the dog was rushed after his condition deteriorated following the injection.
The custodial death case of Muslim man in Medak
In his last video, Mohammad Khadeer, as a ‘dying declaration’, alleged that the Medak police thrashed him for 5 days and they tried to cover it up.
Last video of Mohd Qadeer which should be taken as Dying declaration who says Medak police beat him up for 5 days & how they tried to cover it up.
I strongly condemn this atrocious act & demand SIT enquiry & ex-gratia of
50 lakhs to khadeer’s family.@TelanganaCMO @TelanganaDGP pic.twitter.com/FjzYmdb8qK
— Revanth Reddy (@revanth_anumula) February 19, 2023
Mohammad Khadeer died at Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad after the Medak police allegedly 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.
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.
Qadeer’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.
Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee President A Revanth Reddy on Sunday demanded the government provide exgratia of fifty lakh rupees to the kin of the deceased.

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February 19, 2023
Hyderabad: AIMIM demands murder case against Medak cops over man’s death

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Hyderabad: The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has demanded that policemen involved in the alleged torture of a youth leading to his death in Telangana’s Medak district be booked for murder.
A 35-year-old daily wage labourer, Mohammad Qadeer, on Friday succumbed to the injuries he had sustained due to 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.
Qadeer 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, Qadeer 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 Qadeer’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.
Qadeer’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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February 18, 2023
Telangana: Interfaith couple ends life in Medak district

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Hyderabad: The love story of an interfaith couple from Medak district ended in tragedy as both the man and woman ended their lives after their families opposed their relationship. Kalpana, 20, and Khaleel, 22, both from the village of Narsingi village in Medak district, took the extreme step a few days ago by jumping into a water body.
Both were missing from February 13, and were found dead in a pond on Thursday morning, said cops from Medak district. Police officials said that they were both in love from years and that the young woman had been married-off to another man three months ago in Kamareddy district.
Kalpana had come home for a few days and told her family that she was going out for a while. After she was nowhere to be found by her family, they lodged a complaint. Cops said that the woman continued to be in touch with Khaleel even after marriage. On February 13, the cops suspected that she had gone with hm after she went missing.
Khaleel used to drive a tractor to earn a living. Cops in Medak district both the families were also opposed to the union, and that there was a history of both sides getting into arguments over the couple’s relationship. Sub-inspector of Naringi police station, Medak, said that both bodies have been sent for post-mortem. A case has been registered.
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February 16, 2023
Telangana: Newborn girl abandoned in Medak, rescued by villagers

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Hyderabad: Villagers in the Nyalkal Mandal rescued a newborn girl from the outskirts of the town on Tuesday morning.
People heard her crying and started searching the area to find her following which they immediately informed the police and health department staff who shifted the infant to the area hospital in Zaheerabad for treatment.
A case was later registered by the police who initiated a probe into the matter to trace the people responsible for the act.
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February 7, 2023