Two court brakes, Congress still won’t explain
High Court directions and a remand rejection have put police procedure in cases involving BRS functionaries under scrutiny. They have not, on the available record, established a systematic violation or political retaliation.
Court interventions have focused attention on police procedure in cases involving BRS functionaries.
Two court interventions have put the Telangana Congress government’s handling of cases involving BRS functionaries under scrutiny. The record is narrower than the political shouting: it shows procedural questions, not yet a proven conspiracy.
A report says the Telangana High Court directed police not to arrest BRS social-media convenor Manne Krishank in one case and to follow Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS). Krishank later appeared before Nampally police and was asked to appear again on September 28. In a separate matter, BRS working president K. T. Rama Rao’s public-relations officer Mahesh Manikya Mudiraj was taken from Saifabad police to Bolarum in another case, served a Section 35(3) notice and released, according to reports.
The BNSS says a person should be served a notice to appear where arrest is not required. The Supreme Court has said the safeguard is tied to Article 21 and that arrest after notice is not automatic. A Nampally court also reportedly rejected police remand for BRS MLCs T. Madhusudhan Reddy and N. Naveen Kumar Reddy. The underlying orders and records were not available for independent review.
BRS leaders allege political targeting by the Congress government. That remains an allegation, not a court finding. The Congress government has not publicly answered the broader charge in the material reviewed. For now, the documented question is simpler: when courts keep pointing police back to procedure, why is the government leaving the paperwork to do the talking?