Govt. following 'dangerous tactics', says HRF

By Our Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD, MARCH 5. The Human Rights Forum has alleged that the Government is protecting a former band of ex-PWG militants to counter the naxalite movement.

The State Government was following the `dangerous tactics' of permitting them to operate under police protection, said Forum members, Dr. K. Balagopal and Mr. S. Jeevan Kumar, at a press conference here.

They gave some of the names of former militants turned criminals as: Kathula Sammaiah, Jadala Nagaraju, Bayyapu Sammi Reddy (Karimnagar district), Nayeemuddin (Nalgonda), Thirupati Balanna (Mahabubnagar), Sileru Uppalaiah and Oddula Tirupati (Warangal). They also mentioned the names of Pulla Reddy and Jaipal Reddy, who were not militants but are part of `counter insurgent gangs'.

`All this is going on in a State led by a Chief Minister who is reputed to be obsessed with development. Perhaps, this is the ugly under-belly of development', the Forum leaders said.

They further stated that they moved in police jeeps or in their own vehicles, barely concealing their weapons. One of them, Jadala Nagaraju, had already been inducted into the police force as a constable.

The Forum demanded the Chief Minister, Mr. N. Chandrababu Naidu, to expand the terms of reference of the proposed judicial enquiry into the killing of APCLC leader, Mohd. Azam Ali, to probe the nexus between the killers and police and the inactivity of the police with respect to earlier killings of APCLC activists.

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