Karimnagar MP meets Lok Sabha speaker on attack, names cops in privilege notice

Ch Sushil Rao / TNN / Updated: Nov 8, 2019, 11:42 IST

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Karimnagar MP Bandi Sanjay of BJP on Thursday moved a privilege motion before Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla alleging that he was physically assaulted by cops in Karimnagar during a rally. He also approached NHRC, which registered a case.

Karimnagar MP meets Lok Sabha speaker on attack, names cops in privilege notice

Bandi Sanjay

HYDERABAD: Karimnagar MP Bandi Sanjay of BJP on Thursday moved a privilege motion before Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla alleging that he was physically assaulted by cops in Karimnagar during a rally. He also approached NHRC, which registered a case.
Sanjay alleged that cops assaulted him during a funeral procession of TSRTC driver N Babu in Karimnagar on November 1 and submitted video evidence and newspaper clippings along with photographs to the speaker.

“The speaker has directed an inquiry by privileges committee chairman Sushil Kumar Singh and sought a report at the earliest,” Sanjay said, adding that the speaker had assured him of action against the cops. The MP also submitted a memorandum to parliamentary affairs minister Pralhad Joshi on the alleged physical assault on him. In the notice of privilege, Sanjay mentioned several police officers responsible for the attack. Among those named were Karimnagar commissioner of police V Satyanarayana, additional DCP Sanjeev Kumar, Armed Reserve commandant Sanjeev, Armed Reserve ACP Nagaiah, inspector Anjaiah and other cops.
“Police at the behest of the state government acted in a high-handed manner and prevented me from participating in the last rites of the driver. The cops wantonly used force and targeted me. One of the police officers caught hold of my collar and slapped me on my right cheek. Other police personnel abused me in Telugu and threatened me with serious consequences,” he said in his complaint.

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Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.

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