BRS Leaders Face Fresh FIR
Hyderabad Police has registered another case against BRS leaders for allegedly abusing women police officers on Monday at the Telangana Assembly building entrance.
The case has been registered at Saifabad Police Station against Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) BRS Working President K. T. Rama Rao, BRS Deputy Leader in Telangana Assembly T. Harish Rao and several other party legislators for allegedly obstructing women police personnel from discharging their duties, using abusive language and threatening them.
On a complaint by woman police Constable K. Padmavathi, the case has been registered under Sections 74, 75(1), 79, 121(1), 130, 132, 296, 351(2), 352 r/w 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
The case has been registered in connection with the incidents that occurred at Gate Number 3 on Monday when police had stopped BRS legislators from attending the Assembly for wearing black T-shirts with slogans.
The complainant alleged the BRS MLAs and MLCs allegedly made objectionable remarks against policewomen. They also took off their T-shirts to stand half-naked before women police officers.
The police Constable alleged that the MLAs stood semi-naked very close to the women personnel, causing extreme discomfort and embarrassment.
The complainant alleged that the leaders forcibly tried to enter the Assembly by pushing and jostling the women Constables and pushing against their chests.
She stated that due to the incident, she, along with SI Triveni and women Constables Rashmi Yadav and Soumya, suffered physical and mental distress and were admitted to Gleneagles Hospital for treatment.
Police have launched an investigation and were analysing photos, videos and medical records.
This is the second case registered against BRS leaders in connection with the Monday’s incidents.
Earlier, the BRS leaders were booked for allegedly obstructing and assaulting police. They allegedly abused women Constables, threatened staff, caught police by the collar and pushed QRT personnel.
Former ministers Jagdish Reddy, Gangula Kamalakar, Sabitha Indra Reddy and Sunitha Lakshma Reddy, legislators Padi Kaushik Reddy, Shambipur Raju, Sanjay, Vijayudu, Sudheer Reddy and Kova Lakshmi were among the leaders named in the FIR.
The case was booked at Saifabad Police Station under Sections 121(1), 132, 74, 79, 351, 352, 353 r/w 3(5) BNS.
The Sections relate to offences like causing hurt to a public servant on duty, assault or use of criminal force against a woman with the intent, or knowledge, that it will outrage her modesty, gesture intended to insult the modesty of a woman, criminal intimidation, intentional insult and making false statements conducing to public mischief.
Two MLCs of BRS were Tuesday arrested by the police for allegedly making derogatory and abusive remarks against Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar.
MLCs T. Madhusudan alias Madhu and N. Naveen Kumar Reddy were booked on a complaint filed by Pollepalli Venkatesham, Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to the Assembly Speaker.
Saifabad Police registered a case under Section 352 r/w 3(5) BNS and Sections 3(1)(r), 3(2)(va), 3(2)(vii) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
The two MLCs were produced before Nampally Court, which ordered their release on personal bonds and sureties.
The Legislative Council on Tuesday suspended the two MLCs for rest of monsoon session.
