HYDERABAD: After the National Human Rights Commission’s (NHRC) cross examination of Clues teams, Hyderabad, mystery shrouds the place of death of the four accused in the Disha case. As reported earlier, the four men were shot dead in an alleged retaliation by the Cyberabad police on December 6, 2019 on the outskirts of Chatanpally village. However, the missing bullets which killed the men and no blood found on the ground by the Clues teams appear like they were killed elsewhere and the cops were creating a crime scene.
Scientific officer Dr Venkanna, head of Hyderabad city Clues team, was questioned by the commission on Tuesday, in continuation from Monday afternoon. When asked about the bullets which allegedly killed the four men, there was no proper answer given by the official. He said 19 bullets were recovered from the scene and the team had left without further scouting for the remaining ones. When asked about the same, Dr Venkanna replied that the investigating officer of the case, Sridhar Reddy, had even used a metal detector but the remaining bullets were not found, which raises a question if the four men were killed at the place the cops claimed to be. Moreover, on Monday, when the commission panel asked about blood at the scene of offence, the doctor replied that the place was covered in grass and bushes, due to which they could not collect samples.
Meanwhile, after Dr. Venkanna’s cross examining ended on Tuesday afternoon, a doctor from community hospital in Shadnagar, Dr Gore Naveen Kumar, who treated the two policemen injured in the alleged firing, was questioned by the commission. As reported earlier, constable Arvind Goud and Station In-charge Venkateswarlu of the Nandigama police station were injured.
The commission asked Dr. Kumar, an assistant professor from Osmania Medical College, as to why the nature of the injuries that the police personnel suffered in the alleged attack was not specified and that the affidavit merely mentioned it as simple or grievous injuries. The answers were evasive as at one point the doctor claimed that they were bought in a stretcher and later mentioned wheelchairs. The commission also found out that no proper documentation of the injuries was made. Questioning will continue on Wednesday, following which V.C. Sajjanar, the then police commissioner of Cyberabad, will appear on Thursday.
