Hyderabad: The State Human Rights Commission
(SHRC) today directed the Andhra Pradesh Director General of
Police to submit a report before in connection to a petition
filed by the mother of a top naxalite leader Cherukuri
Rajkumar alias Azad, expressing fear that he might have been
killed.
Karuna, the mother of Rajkumar, who is a politburo member
of CPI-Maoist, in her petition to the Commission alleged that
her son was nabbed by the Andhra Pradesh Police in a joint
operation by Maharashtra Police on March 11, and since then he
was not yet produced before any court.
She feared that Rajkumar who was allegedly under the
custody of AP Police may also be "killed" like two top Maoists
Shakamuri Apparao and Kondal Reddy, who were shot dead in
separate encounters with personnel of the special police in
Prakasam and Warangal districts on March 12.
"The custody of Rajkumar is illegal confinement,"
Karuna alleged.
Responding to the petition, the APSHRC Chairman B
Subhashan Reddy directed the Andhra Pradesh DGP R R Girish
Kumar to submit a report by March 22.
PTI
First Published: Sunday, March 21, 2010, 00:05