The Telangana human rights panel has directed the state Home department to submit a detailed report on the alleged custodial death of a Dalit youth in Suryapet district.
The Telangana Human Rights Commission (TGHRC) took serious cognisance of allegations of illegal detention, custodial torture, and the custodial death of the youth, as alleged by his mother and passed an order in this connection on Monday.
The TGHRC noted that it was alleged the deceased was unlawfully detained by Chilkur and Kodad Rural Police, subjected to third-degree methods, falsely implicated, and denied access to family. Later, the man allegedly succumbed to severe injuries on November 16 after being shifted from the sub-jail to the government hospital, an official release said.
The youth’s mother, in a representation to the Commission, stated that her son was “illegally” kept in police custody between November 4 and November 9 and “physically tortured by applying third degree methods” and thereafter implicated in a false criminal case and remanded to judicial custody on November 10.
She submitted that on November 10, she received a phone call from the staff of Huzurnagar Sub-Jail that her son’s health was not good and when she went there she found her son in a serious medical condition.
