Govt to lift 824 more Telangana-related cases

Home Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy stated that the State Government has lifted 843 police cases on students and other activists, who participated in the statehood agitation across the state so far.

Talking to media persons after emerging out of a review meeting held at the State Secretariat here on Saturday, the Home Minister said that 383 GOs were issued with regard to lifting of police cases against the students. She said that the government was seeking legal opinion while lifting the cases classified as category-5 based on their nature. However, the government would announce its decision once the legal experts give their suggestions, she said.

Stating that 824 cases were still pending with the government, she said, as promised, the government was committed to lift all the cases against the students.

The Home Minister also said that the government was also considering lifting cases against the Muslim youth which were registered during the communal clashes in the Old City.

Minister for Marketing and Warehousing M Mukesh Goud, Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, City Police Commissioner A K Khan nd other top police officials were present in the review meeting.