Hyderabad Encounter Report: Accused "Deliberately Fired Upon", 3 Minors
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The commission also pointed out glaring lapses in the investigation of the case and recommended that 10 policemen be tried for murder.
Four gang-rape and murder accused who were killed in a police encounter in Telangana's Hyderabad "were deliberately fired upon with an intent to cause their death", a Supreme Court-appointed Commission said today. Three of the four were minors, the scathing report on the conduct of Hyderabad police added. The police had claimed the three were 20-year-olds.
The Commission also pointed out glaring lapses in the investigation of the case and recommended that 10 policemen be tried for murder.
"In our considered opinion, the accused were deliberately fired upon with an intent to cause their death and with the knowledge that the firing would invariably result in the death of the deceased suspect," the report said.
"We are of the opinion that at the relevant time, Jolu Shiva, Jolu Naveen, and Chintakunta Chennakeshavulu were minors," it said.