Hyderabad: Telangana State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has taken suo moto cognisance of the killing of an accused in the murder of a policeman in an alleged encounter by the police at a hospital in Nizamabad town and directed the Director General of Police to submit a report.

The Human Rights Commission on Tuesday took note of newspaper reports about Monday’s incident in Nizamabad, in which an accused in the murder of a police Constable was shot dead by the police in an alleged encounter.

Sheikh Riyaz, who was recently arrested in connection with the murder of police Constable Pramod Kumar, died in the encounter at the hospital where he was undergoing treatment.

It is reported that the said accused attempted to snatch the service weapon of an Armed Reserve Constable and tried to e

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