Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy of Telangana High Court on Tuesday suspended until further orders the report of Justice V.S. Sirpurkar Commission of Inquiry, which found fault with 10 police officers of different ranks in the ‘Disha encounter’ case.
The judge passed the interim direction after hearing two writ petitions — one filed by the Station House Officer (Inspector) of Shadnagar of Cyberabad Police Commissionerate A. Sridhar and the other by Tehsildar Jaruplavath Pandu, seeking a direction to quash the adverse findings against them in the report. The judge also passed instructions to the State government not to initiate any coercive steps against the police officers (who filed separate writ petitions) till the next date of hearing. All the pleas were adjourned to July for next hearing.
A 26-year-old veterinarian was found dead on the morning of November 28, 2019 at a secluded place off the Chintapally bridge in Shadnagar police station area. Later, the investigators arrested four youngsters Mohammed Arif, Jolly Naveen, Jolly Shiva and Chinthakunta Chennakeshavulu accusing them of gang-raping and murdering the veterinarian.
