Telangana High Court on Thursday has suo moto taken up for hearing as writ petition a news report published in The Hindu over the death of an autorickshaw driver who was picked up by Tukaram Gate police of Hyderabad in a theft case.
A bench of Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice N. Tukaramji made Principal Home Secretary, Director General of Police, Hyderabad Police Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) along with two other police officers as respondents in the suo moto taken up writ petition. Along with these top officials, Gopalapuram Assistant Commissioner of Police and Tukaramgate Station House Officer (Inspector) were also made fifth and sixth respondents respectively.
The Hindu news report published on Thursday stated that the driver’s family members said that two men picked up Chiranjeevi from his house in Bhupeshnagar on Tuesday. His mother told scribes that the two men who took away Chiranjeevi said they would set him free in half an hour. According to them, they wanted to question him in a theft case.
