Hyderabad: Hyderabad Police has registered another case against BRS leaders for allegedly abusing women police officers on Monday, September 7, at the Telangana Assembly building entrance.
The case has been registered at Saifabad Police Station against Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President KT 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 when police had stopped BRS legislators from attending the Assembly for wearing black T-shirts with slogans.
The complainant alleged that the BRS MLAs and MLCs 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 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.
BRS MLCs arrested
Additionally, two MLCs of BRS were arrested on Tuesday, September 9, by the police for allegedly making derogatory and abusive remarks against Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar.
MLCs Madhusudan Tata 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.
Plaint against BRS MLAs with Women’s Commission
Congress women legislators lodged a complaint with the Telangana State Women’s Commission on Tuesday, September 8, accusing six Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leaders of behaving indecently toward women police personnel deployed on duty at the Telangana Legislative Assembly.
MLAs Nalamada Padmavati Reddy, Ragamayi, Yashaswini Reddy and Parnika Reddy, along with Mahila Congress president Errabelli Swarna and other party members, named BRS leaders T Harish Rao, KT Rama Rao (KTR), Naveen Kumar Reddy, Bandari Lakshma Reddy, KP Vivekanand and D Sudheer Reddy in the complaint over their conduct toward women police officers on security duty at Assembly Gate No. 3 during Monday’s confrontation.
The women MLAs alleged that the BRS leaders removed their shirts and approached the women officers half-naked in the name of protest, and that this amounted to intimidation. They further alleged that the legislators used derogatory language against the police officers.
Speaker insult also flagged
The complaint also raised alleged derogatory remarks against Telangana Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar, reportedly made by BRS MLC Madhusudhan Tata. The Telangana Pradesh Mahila Congress, led by Swarna, separately demanded Madhu’s immediate dismissal over the remarks.
In a related move, Warangal MP Kadiyam Kavya lodged a complaint with the National Commission for Women (NCW), urging it to take suo motu cognisance of the alleged misconduct against women police personnel and summon the concerned BRS leaders for an inquiry. She said the alleged conduct undermined the dignity of women officers on duty and should not be tolerated in the name of political protest.
The row stems from Monday’s chaos outside the Assembly, when police stopped BRS legislators wearing black T-shirts protesting “1,000 days of unfulfilled promises” by the Congress government from entering the premises. The ensuing scuffle triggered allegations from both sides, with BRS leaders accusing police of manhandling their women MLAs, and the Congress countering that BRS leaders had behaved inappropriately toward women police personnel.
BRS says photos AI-generated
Meanwhile, BRS claimed that the photos shared by the Congress government were made using artificial intelligence (AI) and warned that amplifying them would invite legal action.
“These images depicting BRS MLAs are 100 per cent fake and manufactured using generative AI. Any media house or handle pushing/amplifying these manipulated visuals will face strict legal and criminal action by the BRS Legal Cell.” BRS Party stated in a post on X.
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