The last police witness Inspector P. Sudhakar reportedly broke down with his voice choked during his deposition before Justice V. Bhaskara Rao Commission of Inquiry probing into the post blast firing near Makkah Masjid on May 18 last year. P. Sudhakar, who is presently working as Inspector of Police Nampally Traffic Police station, was cross-examined by senior Advocate Shafeeq Mahajir and during this the Inspector admitted that he along with his staff were hiding in the petrol pump lane fearing for their life.
Though the Inspector and eight constables who, according to P. Sudhakar, were cowering in fear in the petrol pump lane like cowards, he claims he controlled mob preventing them from setting fire to pump. The inspector said, “I was in great danger and apprehension of danger to my life at the hands of the above mob so long as I was hiding in the lane.” He also admitted that when the firing was done, the crowd was at a long distance.
In the meantime Inspector Sudhakar further deposed that he went to the senior police officers to discuss with them how to lodge an FIR and they explained to me accordingly, and on his dictation the person at the police station typed his FIR. He also said that the ACP Charminar and Inspector of Police Charminar told him that it would be good to write in such a manner: ‘Aisa Aisa Likhai Tou Accha Rehta’ and he prepared the FIR in CR. No. 74/2007. In this FIR Mr. Sudhakar mentioned that there was a mob of 200 to 300 persons whereas in the affidavit he mentioned that there was a mob of 500 to 600 persons.