A resident of Visakhapatnam moved Hyderabad High Court on Tuesday seeking transfer of all cases involving attacks on Christians in the two Telugu States to Central Bureau of Investigation alleging that the police had failed to rein in the right wing organisations and activists targeting Christianity.
A Division Bench of the HC comprising Acting Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice J. Uma Devi directed petitioner K. Satyaseela Rao of Visakhapatnam to make two organisations — Shiva Shakti and Hindu Jana Shakti (since he accused them of attacks) — as respondents.
The matter was posted for hearing after two weeks.
The two outfits were accused of targeting Christianity and Christians through hate campaign using social media and Internet by the petitioner. He is national general secretary of All India True Christian Council (AITCC).
Counsel for the petitioner Boda Rakesh Naik requested the Bench to transfer all cases registered in the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh following attacks by the two organisations and their activists to the CBI, charging that police had failed to act on them so far.
He cited the case registered by Mills Colony police of Warangal in 2017 as an example.
Lawyer Rakesh Naik stated that 25 youngsters from different parts of the two States formed the two organisations and started a website.
These groups carried on hate campaign against Christianity through the website and by printing books and literature, the petitioner said. Through the Youtube account of Shiva Shakti, they uploaded over 100 videos. The petitioner gave 65 links of the videos.
In another activist’s name, the outfit posted 125 videos, the petitioner maintained. The petitioner alleged that activists of Hindu Jana Shakti attacked Christians in KPHB colony of Cyberabad in December last but no action was taken. Similar attacks were carried out in this January in Prakasam district, it was stated.
While seeking transfer of the cases to CBI, the petitioner represented to the Bench to ensure the videos, website and other online links of the outfits were deleted immediately.
