Karnataka: CID to probe police atrocity' on Qureshi
Inquiry into atrocities in Prakash Poojary case.
Mangaluru: The state government has ordered a CID enquiry into the alleged police atrocity on Ahmed Qureshi. Congress MLC Ivan D’Souza said in Mangaluru on Monday that the government has ordered the enquiry after leaders of various organisations met Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and demanded an enquiry. “The CID will look into the alleged police atrocity. It will also find out if the police erred or Qureshi is giving false information. Whoever it is, the guilty will be punished,” he said.
Qureshi is one of the accused in an attempt on the life of Prakash Poojary on February 21 last year. Qureshi’s family members alleged that he was picked up by the police on March 21, 2017 and tortured for about a week during which his kidney was damaged. They charged that he was produced before the court after a week.
“The police atrocity on my brother was inhuman. We wanted a high-level inquiry, but we welcome the CID probe. It should be unbiased and bring the truth out. It should probe when my brother was taken into custody by the police, where did they take him, why was he tortured and all the details,” Qureshi’s brother told Deccan Chronicle.
“We would be satisfied only when all those officials involved in my brother’s torture are thrown out of the department,” he said. In a press conference, JD(S) state president H.D. Kumaraswamy said that he will take up the issue during the legislature session. “There would be no confusion if the police officials had discussed the alleged torture of Qureshi with those who raised the issue. The police are allegedly harassing the people. I will collect all the details with documents and place them before the next session. I will also demand inter-unit transfer of police (below the rank of ASI),” he said.
He said that he spoke to Qureshi’s family members. “Senior police officials told me that some lower level officials did not listen to the seniors. The senior officials say that they cannot speak to the lower officers who have been serving here for 15-20 years,” he said.