Probe reveals torture of villagers by police

HYDERABAD: An internal police inquiry has confirmed claims of eight men from villages around Sircilla town that they were tortured in illegal custody for four days before they were brought before court. They said when they were taken to Karimnagar District Jail on July 8 after a court hearing, the prison superintendent refused to admit the eight men looking at their condition. Telangana Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao said the police had “over-reacted”. “No one can deny that they were not beaten up badly,” Rao said. Based on a PIL by the Civil Liberties Council, HC directed the Telangana government to depute doctors to examine the injuries of the men, and submit a report in a week.