Hyderabad, July 19: Expressing grave concern over violation of human rights in the State, the CPI national deputy general secretary, Mr Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy, on Sunday demanded a judicial inquiry into the Sompeta police firing and encounters of Maoist leader Azam, the journalist, Mr Hemachandra Pande and a CPI(ML-New) democracy leader Ganesh.
In a letter to the Chief Minister, Mr K Rosaiah, Mr Sudhakar Reddy, reminding the allegations that Azam and Pande were picked up by the police in Nagpur and killed in a fake encounter in the State, said that the letter written by the Arya Samaj leader Agnivesh on the proposal of peace talks by the Union Home Minister was available with Azam. If the government was sincere on peace talks, the police should have refrained from gunning down Azad and Pande in the stage-managed encounter, he opined.
Pointing out that the police had also killed the CPI (ML-New) democracy leader Ganesh in an agricultural field and declared as encounter death, the CPI leader said that a large number of people who rushed to the spot a few minutes after the encounter made it clear that it was a pre-planned murder. ‘The way the CPI (ML-Janashakti) former leader Amar was arrested was also undemocratic”, he added.
Terming the police firing at Sompeta as meaningless and inhuman act, the CPI leader opined that the incident would remain as a black spot on the government. Holding the Chief Minister responsible for the incident, Mr Sudhakar Reddy demanded that the Chief Minister order a judicial inquiry into the police firing.
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