HYDERABAD: The additional district judge-Vlll directed the Hyderabad range police DIG here on Monday to take action against the SHO of Chalgari police station for keeping six villagers in illegal detention.

He passed the order while disposing of an application filed by villagers` counsel Imran Arain on behalf of applicant Hayat Khoso. On April 26, the court appointed court official Abdul Karim Sahto to pay a surprise visit to Chalgari police station for the recovery of six villagers Kehar Khoso, Hoat Khoso, Ghulam Nabi Khoso, Ghulam Shabbir, Ghulam Mohammad and Amanullah.

The court official found them in illegal detention at Chalgari police station as no record of their arrest was presented before him by police. He was told that they were kept at the police station for the time being by Hatri police station where a case (FIR 50/16) was registered against them. The court official submitted in his report that except for one police official, no one was present there.

Mohammad Hayat, a resident of the village of Mohammad Khan Bagirani, had filed the application for the recovery of male and female members of his family, who, he alleged, were picked up by Chalgari police on April 26. He said they had been living in the said village since their forefathers` time. He said six men were found in the illegal detention at Chalgari police station. Now, he said, he had learnt that 12 women were detained at a women police station.

In a separate raid on Friday evening, the said court official found two minor girls at the same women police station. Both the girls were handed over to applicant Hayat, their maternal uncle.