Assembly slogans, police inquiry: now comes the paperwork
BRS MLAs Sabitha Indra Reddy and Sunitha Laxma Reddy filed a complaint over alleged manhandling during the September 7 confrontation. Saifabad police say they are verifying it; the High Court has ordered a separate inquiry.
Police are verifying the complaint; the High Court has ordered a separate inquiry.
BRS MLAs P. Sabitha Indra Reddy and V. Sunitha Laxma Reddy filed a complaint at Saifabad police station on September 10 over the September 7 confrontation outside the Telangana Assembly, according to a published report. Sabitha alleged that police personnel choked her and pulled her hair; Sunitha alleged that her saree’s pallu was pulled. Those remain allegations, not established findings.
The confrontation began after BRS legislators wearing black T-shirts with slogans were stopped at the Assembly gate. Police said the objection was to the wording on the shirts, not their colour. Saifabad police said the facts were being verified and that action would follow the findings. No complaint number, FIR status or written copy of the complaint has been made public in the material reviewed.
The Telangana High Court has separately directed the DGP to inquire into the alleged police action and identify any officers responsible. It also recorded that Assembly-rule violations are for the Speaker to address, not the police. The Congress government’s police machinery now has two inquiries to explain and, so far, one familiar administrative reply: the paperwork is still thinking about it.