City-based social and human rights activists raised serious doubts about the incident in Cherlapally prison where two persons allegedly went berserk and injured themselves demanding drugs from the prison authorities.
Activists S.Q. Masood, Kaneez Fathima, Sarah Mathew, and Khalida Parveen wrote to the Member-Secretary of the Telangana State Legal Services Authority requesting the latter to conduct an immediate and thorough investigation into the incident and take appropriate legal and corrective measures against any personnel found to be in violation of their duties and responsibilities.
The letter has mentioned that five prisoners Avez, Fareed, Zaheer, Yousuf and Ibrahim from Sanjeevani and Manasa blocks were severely mistreated on April 12, the day following Id-ul-Fitr. Citing media reports and ‘other sources’, the letter said the prisoners were subjected to physical violence as they continued the Ramzan fasting the next day too. Ten personnel under the supervision of the prison superintendent showered severe blows on the prisoners, and the CCTV cameras were switched off during the time, it alleged.
