Hyderabad, February 24: Former Rajya Sabha member and CPI (M) leader P. Madhu on Thursday demanded that the State government constitute a House committee to probe allegations of torture of innocent Muslim youth in Old City by the police.
Addressing a press conference here, he charged the police personnel in Old City with harassing youth by opening rowdy-sheets against them stating that they were involved in communal cases.
Rules stipulate that authorities should review the rowdy-sheets once in six months and if the conduct is satisfactory, their names can be cleared. But officials were not taking any steps in this regard and in turn were harassing youngsters, Mr. Madhu maintained. He said footwear shop worker Mohd. Aqeel committed suicide in his house at Nasheman Nagar in Talabkatta a few days ago as he was unable to bear the police torture.
The police opened a rowdy-sheet against him following his alleged involvement in a communal case in 2010. A constable Baig was pestering Aqeel to become police informer, the former MP alleged.
Referring to ‘atrocities’ committed by the financiers in old city, he accused the police of failing to initiate stringent action against them. “Financiers are literally fleecing poor people by collecting much higher interest from them. We request the Home Minister to look into the problem and take appropriate action,” he said.
–Agencies