Police cases multiply; court papers remain missing
BRS leaders allege the Congress government is using police action to pressure the Opposition. The reported incidents are real; the broader claim remains unproven.
Reported cases have multiplied; the underlying paperwork remains difficult to locate.
Several police cases involving BRS functionaries have been reported in Telangana this month, putting the Congress government’s handling of the Opposition under scrutiny. The paperwork, predictably, is harder to find.
Manne Krishank, the BRS social-media convenor, was taken into custody from his Hyderabad residence on September 18 over a social-media post linked to an alleged attempt to attack K.T. Rama Rao’s staff, according to two reports. Police reportedly said they had come to serve a notice. Krishank questioned why a large force was needed at 5 a.m. The specific FIR and post have not been made available in the material reviewed.
A separate report said KTR’s PRO Mahesh Manikya Mudiraj was taken by Bolarum police while appearing before Saifabad police, in a case involving an alleged obstruction at a check-post. Police reportedly served him a notice under Section 35(3) of the BNSS and released him. No FIR, notice or police statement was located to independently verify that account.
The BRS alleges that the Congress government is using cases and preventive action to pressure the Opposition. That allegation is not established by the material reviewed, though the reported sequence is enough to justify scrutiny. The Telangana High Court’s specific September order in the Krishank matter was also not available in the court material reviewed. The Congress government has yet to produce the paperwork that would make its case less dependent on headlines.