Jagan Mohan Reddy alleges 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.
New Delhi: YSRCP chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday launched a scathing assault against the Guntur district police, accusing them of “torturing” three formative years over three days and dangerous them with electrical shocks.
Reddy visited the family of Chebrolu John Victor, one in all the victims who was publicly assaulted by the police on April 25. e alleged the three formative years—Victor, Karimullah, and Doma Rakesh—were humiliated by being made to sit on the toll road and beaten with batons in rotund public leer.
A video of the incident, which surfaced on May 26, precipitated frequent outrage. It confirmed policemen kicking and stamping on the victims, sparking appealing criticism over police excesses.
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Reddy claimed that the formative years were centered for questioning a local constable who allegedly tried to snatch Victor’s cellular phone and bike keys.
The YSRCP chief further alleged that a community of policemen picked up Chebrolu John Victor and Karimullah from Mangalagiri on April 25 and beat them whereas transporting them to Tenali.
Each were detained at a police self-discipline that night, where they were subjected to further custodial violence. The next day, they were publicly assaulted on a roadside within the Ithanagar apartment of Tenali, attain a police self-discipline.
The opposition chief moreover alleged that, after three days of continuous torture, the police planted a knife in Victor’s pocket and summoned two local village earnings officers (VROs) to falsely file that Victor was carrying a lethal weapon.
He acknowledged a fabricated strive-to-abolish case was subsequently registered against the trio at the behest of the an identical constable they'd earlier confronted.
On April 28, Reddy acknowledged the police produced the trio in a local court docket.
He entreated other folks to be a a part of a whisper on June 4, which the YSRCP plans to gape as “Betrayal day,” marking one 300 and sixty five days of the TDP-led executive in office.
Reddy acknowledged the police was performing as “series agents” for TDP leaders, extorting kickbacks from sectors like liquor, sand, mining, and clubs.
He further claimed that incorrect conditions are being indiscriminately filed against dilapidated YSRCP ministers, MLAs, birthday celebration leaders, and grassroots team as a part of a elevated political vendetta.
Meanwhile, TDP MLA N Anand Babu hit attend at Reddy, saying he should 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 body delivered at the doorstep, Jagan didn’t even react,” Babu instructed journalists, recalling a case all around the YSRCP regime.
(With PTI Inputs)
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