Police notice, not conviction
KTR aides appeared for questioning over the Assembly Gate case; the Telangana High Court has allowed the probe to continue while barring coercive steps.
The High Court allowed the investigation to continue while barring coercive steps.
A police notice is an investigation step, not a conviction — a distinction apparently requiring public service announcements in political Hyderabad.
Saifabad police questioned K.T. Rama Rao’s personal assistant Kumbala Mahender Reddy and PRO Manikya Mahesh on September 14 over the September 7 incident at Assembly Gate No. 3, according to reports. The case, Crime No. 371/2026, was registered on September 9 on a complaint by Reserve Inspector Busaramoni Jangaiah of CAR Headquarters. Reports say police invoked Sections 132, 352 and 351(2), read with Section 3(5), of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
Police allegations of obstruction and misconduct remain allegations. The FIR, complaint and notice were not available for direct verification, and reports differ on one section cited. The Telangana High Court has allowed the investigation to continue but reportedly directed police not to take coercive steps. The aides’ responses to the allegations are not on record in the material reviewed. The case currently establishes questioning. It does not establish guilt — however enthusiastically the Congress government’s machinery may prefer the headline.