Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen president Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday called on Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan and urged him to order a judicial inquiry into the police firing at Kishanbagh on May 14. Mr Owaisi wanted a sitting judge of the High Court to conduct the probe.
Mr Owaisi submitted a memorandum claiming that some miscreants had attacked the residents of Arsh Mahal with swords and daggers and had burnt several vehicles on May 14.
“The residents of Arsh Mahal pelted stones in self-defence. Meanwhile, the police reinforcements reached the spot. However, instead of controlling the assailants, who were brandishing swords and attacking locals indiscriminately, the police personnel from the Central para-military forces opened fired on the residents of the locality. Three young men were killed on the spot and a dozen others were injured,” he said.
He told the Governor that the police firing was unwarranted and the clash between both the communities could have been averted by using least possible force.
He requested the Governor to initiate action against the police officers responsible for the unwarranted police firing. He also wanted the ex gratia amount to the families of the deceased to be enhanced from Rs 6 lakh to rS 10 lakh.
