The CPI(M) has passed a resolution denouncing the "custodian killing" of five undertrials in Telangana's Warangal district on April 7.
The resolution was passed during the 21st Congress of the party last night, it today said.
CPI(M) has also demanded a judicial inquiry into the "killings" and arrest of "guilty" police personnel, besides compensation to the families of those killed.
Viqaruddin alias Viqar, along with four of his associates, suspected to be involved in various terror activities, were "shot dead by the police" while they were trying to flee from a police van.
"The 21st Congress of CPI(M) denounces the cold- blooded custodial killing of the five undertrial Muslim prisoners while being taken to court from Warangal jail to Hyderabad by the police in Telangana," the party resolution said.
Special Investigation Team (SIT) appointed by the Telangana government is nothing but "a brazen attempt" to mislead the people and "protect the police" involved in these killings, the resolution further said.
Warangal Inspector General of Police V Naveen Chand, hoever, has maintained that the police had to open fire at Viqar and his men due to an "unavoidable situation".
He said that the incident occurred after the terror operative allegedly snatched a weapon from one of the policemen escorting them in a van to a court in Hyderabad from Warangal Central Jail.
