Hyderabad: SIT gives cops clean chit in gangster Nayeem’s case

Responding to a RTI petition filed by M. Padmanabha Reddy of Forum for Good Governance, SIT chief Y. Nagi Reddy said no police officer was cited as an accused in any case.

Hyderabad: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted to probe slain gangster Nayeemuddin alias Nayeem’s activities has given a clean chit to police officers who allegedly maintained close association with Nayeem.

Responding to a RTI petition filed by M. Padmanabha Reddy of Forum for Good Governance, SIT chief Y. Nagi Reddy said no police officer was cited as an accused in any case.

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However, eight politicians were involved in 139 cases, Reddy said. Eight other cases were withdrawn or deleted from the purview of the SIT.

Reddy said charge-sheets were filed in 173 cases and the cases related to forcible acquisition of lands by Nayeem were under investigation and pending before the court for disposal.

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