Andhra Police detain Class 3, 4 students in station for tearing up YSRCP posters
India Today
Andhra Pradesh police in Guntur district’s Palnadu region kept Class 3 and 4 students inside the police station and made them sit on the floor till the evening after they were caught tearing up the ruling-YSRCP government’s posters and banners.
Andhra Pradesh Police in Guntur district’s Palnadu region had detained Class 3 and 4 students inside the police station for damaging the ruling Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party’s (YSRCP) banners.
The police took the children to the police station and kept them inside till evening for ‘questioning’. The minors were brought into the police station for tearing up the ruling-YSRCP posters.
Students of Class 3 and 4 were made to sit on the ground for hours by the police in the station.
Jayaram Prasad, Deputy superintendent of police (DSP), Sattenapalli said, “For the inquiry, we called the students to the police station along with their parents. The allegation was that they damaged posters erected by YSRCP.”
Based on a complaint received from the ruling YSR members, the police detained a few kids aged between 10 and 15 years old, from Janapadu village, at the police station in Piduguralla.
It has been alleged that the kids tore flex banners erected by YSR party activists. The police allegedly kept the kids in the station for a day and later released them.
Reacting to the shocking incident, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) demanded action against the YCP leaders and police officials who harassed minor children.
