TGHRC registers suo motu case on Sheikh Riyaz’s ‘encounter death’

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The Telangana Human Rights Commission (TGHRC) connected Tuesday (October 21, 2025) registered a suo motu lawsuit regarding the ‘encounter death’ of Sheikh Riyaz, based connected a paper report.

The lawsuit relates to the caller apprehension of the deceased successful transportation with the execution of constabulary constable M. Pramod Kumar. Reports allege that Sheikh Riyaz attempted to snatch the limb of a Armed Reserve constable and tried to escape, prompting constabulary to occurrence successful self-defence, which resulted successful his contiguous death.

The Commission has directed the Telangana Director General of Police to taxable details of the circumstances starring to the incident, immoderate magisterial oregon judicial enquiry conducted, and confirmation that the ‘encounter’ complied with Supreme Court and National Human Rights Commission NHRC guidelines. Copies of the FIR and postmortem study are to beryllium submitted by November 24, 2025.

Published - October 21, 2025 04:59 p.m. IST

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