Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Friday dismissed a petition filed by YSRC MP Kanumuru Raghu Rama Krishna Raju and his son Bharat, seeking directions to quash an FIR registered against them at the Gachibowli police station for an alleged assault.
The Gachibowli police registered a case against Raju, Bharat, P.A. Shastri and others based on a complaint filed by Farook Basha, a constable working for AP Intelligence on July 4. Basha, who was working in Hyderabad, was allegedly picked up by the security guards of the Narsapuram MP. The AP constable was allegedly confined in the MP's house for two hours, and was allegedly beaten badly.
Govind Reddy, the counsel for the AP government, submitted to the court that the act of the Narsapuram MP and his security personnel was an example of naked hooliganism and this kind of activity was not expected from a Member of Parliament.
The Chief Justice, during the course of adjudication of the Quash Petition, observed that the member of parliament should behave like any other common man as the counsel for the MP requested the court should give relief to his client as he is an MP.
The Chief Justice, however, dismissed the petition as the case was still under investigation.
As per the FIR filed by the Gachibowli police, which was accessed by Deccan Chronicle, Basha said he was a constable with the intelligence wing in Vijayawada of Andhra Pradesh. He was in the area to pass on information to his superiors over a planned agitation following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Hyderabad and his subsequent movement to Andhra Pradesh.
The FIR read, "...one car, bearing number 7777, approached him and some persons asked him about his purpose to be there. Upon informing that he is an intelligence constable and even after showing his ID card, they allegedly kidnapped him in their car and took him to a villa opposite to ISB. They wrongfully confined him, abused him in filthy language. One Sandeep, a CRPF constable, beat him on his buttocks with a fiber lathi. A CRPF ASI K. Ganga Ram and another one constable also beat him with fiber lathis and kicked him... one Bharath came to the spot and allegedly informed that he is the son of MP Raghurama Krishnam Raju, along with Shastri, personal assistant of the MP, and joined in thrashing him... Later, Bharath came back with his father, MP Raghurama Krishnam Raju, who also abused him and took the fiber lathi from CRPF constable Sandeep and beat him up."
According to the police, Basha asked them for his ID card as he was heading to Delhi, but the Narsapuram MP allegedly told his personnel to shock him with electricity. The accused are alleged to have snatched his ID card, wallet and gold ring.
Meanwhile, the CRPF suspended ASI K. Ganga Ram and CT (jawan) Nanaware Sandeep Sadhu of Battalion-221, with its commandant Mahesh Kumar directing the duo to report to the battalion headquarters at Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh.
