Cheating case accused alleges custodial torture, OU police deny allegations

HYDERABAD A 31-year-old man’s allegations that he was picked up from Delhi and flown in to Hyderabad before being subjected to torture inside Hyderabad’s Osmania University police station in a cheating case raised questions about the investigative procedures adopted by Telangana Police. While Thumma Aditya charged that he was beaten black and blue inside the police station, the OU police flatly denied the same, maintaining that they did not violate any provision of law. Aditya maintained that a team of policemen, led by Sub-Inspector Karunakar, and accompanied by a civilian Venugopal, turned up at his rented place in Noida on the evening of November 5.

He claimed the police handcuffed him, alleging that he was involved in a case of stealing gold. His mobile phone was seized. “No papers were shown for the reasons, and no seizure memo formalities were followed,” said Chilla Ramesh, a practicing advocate of Telangana High Court.

“The ‘accused’ was driven to Telangana Bhavan in New Delhi, where he was chained to a bed in a room. He was handcuffed till the airport,” the advocate claimed.