Five terror suspects killed in encounter
Hyderabad, April 7 (INN): Five suspected terrorists, who were being taken to court from jail, were killed in an encounter with the police on Tuesday morning.
The encounter took place on the National Highway between Alair of Nalgonda district and Pemburthi of Warangal district. Those killed include Viqaruddin Ahmed, who was accused of killing at least two police personnel, one in Hyderabad in 2009 and another in Maninagar of Gujarat. Viqaruddin was also the founder of a local terror outfit Tahree-e-Ghalba-e-Islam.
The other suspects killed in encounter include Syed Amjad, Md Haneef, Md Zakir and Izhar Khan.
The police van was stopped on the highway to answer the nature call. Then, Viqaruddin tried to overpower the police personnel and snatched a weapon from Reserve Sub-Inspector after injuring him, according to Warangal DIG Malla Reddy. Consequently, the security personnel fired killing all five suspects in the police van itself.
The State Government has ordered magisterial and judicial enquiry into the encounter, as per the directions of the Supreme Court.
Meanwhile, DGP Anurag Sharma assured that that the police would follow the due judicial process for enquiry.
News Posted: 7 April, 2015
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