Telangana BJP chief sent to 14-day judicial custody

Telangana Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) chief Bandi Sanjay has been sent to 14-day judicial custody after being arrested from the party’s camp office, in Karimnagar, for allegedly attacking police personnel and violating the Disaster Management (DM) Act, during the protest on Sunday night. Amid high drama and tension, the police on Sunday night foiled Sanjay’s ‘Jagran Deeksha’ at his camp office, to demand the state government to amend an order relating to the transfer of government employees and teachers.

Karimnagar Police Commissioner Satyanarayana told reporters that two FIRs were registered at 2 Town Police Station. In one case, 21 persons and others were booked under section 51 (B) of the Disaster Management Act and section 188 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for not maintaining social distance and for not wearing masks. The police chief said several policemen including an Assistant Commissioner of Police and a Circle Inspector were injured in the attack.

BJP national president J P Nadda condemn the “inhuman” arrest of Telangana’s BJP chief as "death of democracy." In a statement he alleged that the Telangana Police, under pressure from the KCR government, forcibly entered Telangana BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar’s office and resorted to violence and lathicharge. It read, “Teachers and employees of the Telangana state government had come to the office of Shri Bandi Sanjay Kumar ji at his Karimnagar Lok Sabha office to register their complaint against the KCR government passing the regressive Order No. 317 against the teachers and employees.”