V. Srinivasa Rao writes to DGP seeking release of arrested CPIM workers in Anantapur district
The Hindu
CPI(M) State Sec. urges DGP to release party members taken into custody & take action against CI for manhandling leader & hurling casteist slurs. He alleges CI removed uniform & challenged people for fight. Urges DGP to take action & release arrested leaders.
CPI(M) State secretary V. Srinivasa Rao, on November 1 (Wednesday), wrote to the Director General of Police (DGP) K.V. Rajendranath Reddy, urging him to ensure the release of the party State secretariat members who were taken into custody in the early hours of Wednesday.
He urged the DGP to take action against Circle Inspector (CI) Narendra Reddy for allegedly manhandling their party leader, Ram Bhoopal.
Mr. Srinivasa Rao, in his letter, said that the police and ruling YSRCP leaders forcibly pulled down 150 huts erected on government land at Kalluru village in Garladinne mandal of Anantapuram district, despite the High Court’s stay order.
He wrote that the police and the YSRCP leaders abused the dwellers and forcibly removed the huts.
Itukalapalli CI Mr. Reddy has abused and manhandled Mr. Ram Bhoopal, who went to the spot in support of the dwellers, and also hurled casteist slurs against the dwellers, wrote Mr. Srinivasa Rao.
Mr. Srinivasa Rao also alleged that the women protesting the police were dragged aside by the CI, who even went on to remove his uniform and challenged the people for a fight.
The CPIM State secretary urged the DGP to take action against the CI for his unruly behaviour, and also release the arrested party leaders.
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