Hyderabad: Telangana Congress leaders on Friday called on Governor, Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan, and appealing her to ensure justice to Dalit woman Mariyamma who allegedly died of police torture in custody. A delegation of party leaders led by Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka met the Governor at Raj Bhavan and submitted a memorandum to her. The Dalit woman died in Addaguduru police station under Rachakonda police Commissionerate in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district on June 18.
The Congress leaders urged the Governor to intervene in the matter to ensure that the guilty are punished. They also demanded help to the family of the victim. They alleged that the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government is trying to shield those involved in the custodial death. Vikramarka said the government has failed in maintain law and order. Voicing concern over increasing attacks on Dalits, he said despite repeated representations over the issue. the government has failed to check the crime.
The Telangana High Court on Thursday ordered judicial probe into the alleged custodial death. The court directed the Aler magistrate to conduct the probe and submit the report to the court in a sealed cover. The magistrate was also directed to exhume the body of the deceased and conduct re-postmortem, if necessary. Mariyamma, who was working as a maid at a pastor's house in Addagudur and faced robbery charges, died in the police station on June 18 station because of alleged police torture.