The Muslim United Forum, an umbrella body of various religious, social and political organisations, has rejected the offer of a probe through a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the Alair encounter wherein five undertrials were killed in a police firing on April 7.
Reacting to the announcement of an SIT probe into the Alair encounter by Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday evening, MUF leader and Assistant General Secretary of the Muslim Personal Law Board Moulana Abdul Rahim Qureshi told INN that the MUF would not accept anything less than a probe through the CBI or a sitting High Court judge.
Although the composition and Terms of Reference of the SIT would be known only on Monday, prima facie, the MUF is not willing to accept the Chief Minister's announcement, he said.
Moulana Rahim Qureshi said that since all members of the SIT would belong to Telangana Police, a fair probe into the encounter could not be expected.
He maintained that the killing of five undertrials at Alair was the result of a "fake encounter". (INN)
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