MBT to meet President over Alair encounter Hyderabad, July 2 (INN): The Majlis Bachau Tahreek on Thursday sought appointment from President of India Pranab Mukherjee to make representation on the issue of Alair encounter in which five under-trials were killed in police firing.
"The MBT delegation will comprise of families of five Muslim under trials - Viquar Ahmed, Syed Amjed, Mohd. Zakir, Mohd. Haneef and Izhar Khan who were killed near Alair of Nalgonda district on April 7, 2015, in a fake encounter by the Telangana Police. We will apprise the Hon'ble President on how the police and Telangana Government tried to show this mass murder into a 'genuine encounter'," MBT leader Amjed Ullah Khan said in a press release on Wednesday.
Amjed Ullah Khan said that the MBT would take along the family members of those killed in the fake encounter to request the President for his intervention on the issue. He said a formal request has been sent to the office of President at the Rashtrapati Nilayam in Secunderabad, where he is staying for Southern Sojourn.
News Posted: 2 July, 2015
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