SHRC probe into Old City police firing
HYDERABAD: The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) will hold an inquiry on June 11 into the police firing that followed the Mecca Masjid blast.
A delegation of the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM), led by Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, petitioned the commission to probe the firing that left five people dead.
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The unprovoked and indiscriminate firing started when the additional commissioner of police (crimes) had arrived at the spot. MIM demands suspension of the Hussaini Alam sub-inspector who fired the first bullet along with the Charminar assistant commissioner of police, and the inspectors of Falaknuma and Moghalpura. Murder cases should be booked against them," Asaduddin told reporters after he met SHRC chairperson B Subhashan Reddy on Wednesday.
He claimed the police fired on innocent people using self-loading rifles (SLRs) that 'are used in operations against terrorists and Maoists'. He alleged that
people fleeing the blast spot were fired upon. The MIM leader threatened dire consequences if the state government did not respond to his call for a CBI inquiry into the bomb blast and judicial probe into the police firing by Thursday.
The MIM leader also
rubbished the DGP's claim that rubber bullets were fired by police that day.
The SHRC chairperson said that he had already sought reports from the Hyderabad police commissioner and the district collector on the firing as some other individuals and organisations had approached the commission.
"Based on the reports, the SHRC will decide the issues to be taken up in the inquiry on June 11. The complainants would get a copy of the reports so that they can respond accordingly in the inquiry," Subhashan Reddy said.[/QUOTE]
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