Jagan Mohan Reddy accuses police torture of youth in Guntur district, slams public assault

Reddy visited the family of Chebrolu John Victor, one of the victims who was publicly assaulted by the police on April 25. e alleged the three youth—Victor, Karimullah, and Doma Rakesh—were humiliated by being made to sit on the road and beaten with batons in full public view.

Jun 4, 2025 - 20:30
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Jagan Mohan Reddy accuses police torture of youth in Guntur district, slams public assault

New Delhi: YSRCP chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday launched a scathing assault in opposition to the Guntur district police, accusing them of “torturing” three childhood over three days and dangerous them with electric shocks.

Reddy visited the family of Chebrolu John Victor, one in every of the victims who used to be publicly assaulted by the police on April 25. e alleged the three childhood—Victor, Karimullah, and Doma Rakesh—had been humiliated by being made to sit down down on the boulevard and overwhelmed with batons in beefy public peep.

A video of the incident, which surfaced on May 26, introduced on stylish outrage. It confirmed policemen kicking and stamping on the victims, sparking difficult criticism over police excesses.

Reddy claimed that the childhood had been focused for questioning a native constable who allegedly tried to rob Victor’s mobile phone and bike keys.

The YSRCP leader extra alleged that a community of policemen picked up Chebrolu John Victor and Karimullah from Mangalagiri on April 25 and beat them while transporting them to Tenali.

Both had been detained at a police device that evening, where they had been subjected to extra custodial violence. The next day, they had been publicly assaulted on a roadside within the Ithanagar assign of Tenali, shut to a police device.

The opposition leader additionally alleged that, after three days of constant torture, the police planted a knife in Victor’s pocket and summoned two native village earnings officers (VROs) to falsely sage that Victor used to be carrying a deadly weapon.

He acknowledged a fabricated are trying-to-homicide case used to be because of the this reality registered in opposition to the trio on the behest of the identical constable they'd earlier confronted.

On April 28, Reddy acknowledged the police produced the trio in a native court.

He urged folks to affix a verbalize on June 4, which the YSRCP plans to appear at as “Betrayal day,” marking one Twelve months of the TDP-led executive comparatively than job.

Reddy acknowledged the police used to be performing as “sequence agents” for TDP leaders, extorting kickbacks from sectors love liquor, sand, mining, and golf equipment.

He extra claimed that false cases are being indiscriminately filed in opposition to primitive YSRCP ministers, MLAs, score together leaders, and grassroots team as part of a elevated political vendetta.

Meanwhile, TDP MLA N Anand Babu hit aid at Reddy, pronouncing he ought to be ashamed of defending alleged ganja (marijuana) dealers, drug peddlers, and criminal gangs.

“When YSRCP MLC Anantha Babu murdered a Dalit driver named Subrahmanyam and had his physique delivered at your step, Jagan didn’t even react,” Babu instructed journalists, recalling a case all during the YSRCP regime.

(With PTI Inputs)

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