Handcuffing of Farmer: Probe Report Finds Fault with Jail Officers

  Hyderabad: B. Suresh, who played a key role in the attack on Vikarabad district collector Prateek Jain at Lagcharla on November 1, allegedly hatched the plan for undertrial prisoner Heerya Naik to pretend that he was having cardiac issues to get a bail on December 11.

Suresh made calls to his wife and brother-in-law six times from the jail with the last call made hours before the Naik incident. The Sangareddy jail has a facility to provide phone service for inmates. Each inmate is allowed 10 minutes to talk to family members per day.

While NIMS doctors certified that Naik’s health showed complications, prison department and police officials are separately conducting inquiries about the handcuffing of the farmer episode by finding fault with jail officials.

Inspector general of police V. Satyanarayana on Saturday conducted an inquiry along with the Vikarabad and Sangareddy superintendents of police and obtained details. Satyanarayana said that Suresh was a key suspect in the Naik incident too. He made calls to his family members from jail, which provides the facility officially.

"Naik was shifted to Sangareddy jail from NIMS after conducting all medical tests. However, we noticed that Suresh created a drama to get bail for farmer. After that there was pressure from the arrested persons and their family members. The arrested persons and their family members blamed Suresh and his family members for their current status," the IGP said.

Police collected call data of Suresh and his family members and found that he had made calls and asked them to inform the local media and advocates about Naik being shifted to Sangareddy jail.

The prison department officials also found fault with the jail officials for handcuffing the farmer. In the internal reports, it was reported that the jail authorities did not inform SPs of Vikarabad and Sangareddy about shifting Naik to hospital.

A final report from police and prison departments is likely to be submitted to the government in connection on the handcuffing.