Hyderabad: Talari Gangadhar, a Nizamabad native, on Saturday moved the SHRC, alleging that the death of his son T. Satyam was not due to an accident, but it was a preplanned murder by Armoor MLA A. Jeevan Reddy. However, the MLA rubbished the charges, saying the allegation was politically motivated. In his petition, Mr Gangadhar alleged that in spite of approaching the police that his son faced a threat from the MLA, no action was taken to safeguard his life.
The commission directed the DGP to submit a report by April 21. Satyam had contested from the Armoor Assembly constituency in the 2014 general elections and had later lodged a complaint with the Election Commission that Mr Jeevan Reddy did not furnish details of cases registered against him in his election affidavit. Since the EC did not act on his complaint, he filed a petition in the High Court which is pending.
According to Mr Gangadhar, after his poll victory, the MLA started harassing Satyam and managed to get the police pick him up and torture him for one full night. In December, Satyam filed a petition with the SHRC, seeking protection from the MLA, Armoor DSP A. Ram Reddy and one A. Suresh Reddy. Mr Gangadhar in his complaint, said on the day of his son’s death in an accident on January 9, the MLA had said that he would offer Satyam as sacrifice to Ambedkar.
The same evening, Satyam was killed when a truck hit the bike he was riding. However, Mr Jeevan Reddy said, “I am nowhere involved in the incident, I have said this many times over. Since the case is under investigation, I will not comment on it.” Police said that the case was under investigation and all eyewitnesses are being examined. “Armoor inspector is investigating the case and I am only the supervising officer. I am nowhere involved in the issue and the allegations are baseless,” said DSP A. Ramreddy. The SHRC directed the TS DGP to submit a detailed report by April 21.
