On April 15, 2012, another man died in police custody at the Miyapur police station in Cyberabad district of Andhra Pradesh.
Earlier, one Mr Mekala Anjaiah died in police custody on March 2, 2012. The latest custodial death case is of Mr P Ram Reddy who died under mysterious circumstances on April 15.
After the media reported the custodial death of Ram Reddy, PUCL decided to form a fact finding committee to look into the matter. The team comprising of Jaya Vindhyala, Iqbal Khan and Salim visited the Miyapur Police Station.
According to the SHO, P. Ram Reddy was taken to Lalitha- Gaatri Hospital(Pvt) when he complained of restlessness.
The SHO further stated that doctors have concluded that Mr. P. Ram Reddy died of a cardiac arrest.
Information about Ram Reddy\\\’s Case
The SHO informed the PUCL team that on April 11, 2012, a person named Nagarjuna Rao filed a complaint in the police station against P.Ram Reddy and his associates.
In his complaint, Nagarjuna Rao said that P.Ram Reddy and his associates were threatening him to cough up Rs 10 lakhs. The SHO said that they made a plan to catch the culprits red handed and asked Mr. Nagarjuna Rao to call them to take the money.
The SHO stated that on 12-04-2012, Ram Reddy didn’t come, instead he sent three persons- Bellam Konda Sandeep, Rohith Kumar, Nethagani Vikas to collect Rs 10 lakhs. The SHO said that the police team arrested them and later the trio was sent to judicial remand.
Upon further inquiry, police came to know that Ram Reddy was behind several extortion cases. So, on the night of April 14, around 10:30 pm they arrested Ram Reddy from the Gowli Guda (Imlybun Bus Depot) area.
The Police officials said that they had informed his father Srinivas Reddy that his son Ram Reddy was arrested. Srinivas had visited his son in the lock up on the same night.
“We came to know that Ram Reddy spent two lakhs rupees in constructing a Badminton court in Alluru of Nellore District. Ram Reddy was a Badminton player and was also giving training to some people,” the PUCL team added.
The SHO added that Ram Reddy worked in Nagarjuna Rao’s flour mill from 2005 to 2009. This was confirmed by Nagarjuna Rao. Nagarjun Rao said that Ram Reddy and his associates were threatening him and he gave them Rs 40 lakhs between 2009-2012.
“They were again threatning me to give Rs 10 lakh so this time I decided to inform the police,” Nagarjun added.
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Custodial deaths are increasing day by day. And a forum should be formed comprising civil rights and human rights activists, and other active groups members to look into the issue. Only then facts will come out and justice will be delivered to the general public.
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