Hyderabad: Social activists and advocates demanded that a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry needs to be held on the murder of Central Crime Station (CCS) constable E Pramod Kumar, and the alleged encounter of the constable’s accused murderer Riyaz in Nizamabad.

The activists under the banner of ‘Concerned Citizens Forum’ who held a fact-finding on the two killings, termed the encounter of the alleged rowdy-sheeter Sheikh Riyaz on the intervening night of October 19 and 20, as a custodial death aimed at covering-up a larger counter-currency racket operating in Nizamabad.

Speaking with the media at Basheerabagh Press Club on Friday, October 31, the activists part of the fact-finding committee including Sarah Mathews, Khalida Parveen, Mohammad Abdul Taj, advocate Firasath among others spoke about the various aspects of the case, pointing-out the anomalies in the claims of the Nizamabad police.

(This report will be updated shortly.)