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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Cops terrorise RTI activist by Srinath Vudali

Cops terrorise RTI activist by Srinath Vudali

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published Published on Jan 8, 2012   modified Modified on Jan 8, 2012

Days after chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy wished to see every police station in the state work like a corporate office and the complainant received warmly, a Right to Information (RTI) activist on Friday was nearly subjected to the third degree treatment by inspector K Srinivas Rao after he walked into Kukatpally police station, and only timely intervention by higher-ups saved him from being arrested and slapped with false cases.

Human Rights and Consumer Protection cell (HRCP) activist Thakur Raj Kumar Singh said he had lodged a complaint with the Kukatpally police on December 5, 2011, regarding the encroachment of a piece of land in Kukatpally by land grabbers. When he went to the police station to enquire about the status of the complaint, Thakur said, he was told by inspector Srinivas that it had been thrown into the dustbin. In response, Thakur presented an RTI application to the inspector seeking to know what action the police had taken on the complaint given by him. Srinivas, however, refused to accept the RTI application.

Thakur was then taken into the inspector's chamber where three persons in civil clothes were present. According to him, one of the three linked him to an encounter in Dhoolpet area and charged him with being a member of a criminal gang that carried out the killing. However, Thakur had alerted his activist colleagues, who in turn contacted the ACP of Balanagar. The ACP called up Srinivas upon which Thakur was let off.

HRCP activists suspect that the unknown persons, who claimed to be retired policemen, were actually land grabbers and that Srinivas was in collusion with them to protect their interests. On Saturday, Thakur lodged complaints with the Cyberabad police commissioner, State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) and chief information commissioner against the high-handed behaviour of the Kukatpally inspector and demanded action against him.

However, until evening, no action was forthcoming. When contacted, Cyebarabad police commissioner Ch Dwaraka Tirumala Rao told STOI that the complaint lodged by Thakur in his office had still not been brought to his notice and suggested that Madhapur DCP T Yoganand be contacted. However, the DCP too feigned ignorance about the complaint.

The RTI activists charged that atrocities and excesses by the police in the city and surrounding areas had been increasing by the day. "No wonder the common man dreads to enter a police station. The chief minister's call to the cops to become people-and-complainant-friendly is a farce and nothing is likely to be accomplished by his directive to the cops," said one activist.

The Times of India, 8 January, 2012, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Cops-terrorise-RTI-activist/articleshow/11406189.cms


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