Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao should apologise to people over Nerella (in Sircilla) incident where some dalits and BCs were beaten black and blue by the police for questioning the sand mafia, said Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president N. Uttam Kumar Reddy.
The State Government should order an inquiry by a sitting High Court judge and suspend the police officials who tortured the innocents.
Mr. Reddy speaking to newsmen here on Thursday, said that sand quarrying was being carried out by close relatives of the Chief Minister and hundreds of lorries plying sand posed a threat to the people living in the area. One person was killed by a speeding lorry and when the people protested, the police illegally detained them. They were allegedly badly beaten up and threatened by the police.
“The victims are unable to recover from the injuries inflicted by the police. Their organs are badly damaged. This is cruel,” Mr. Uttam Kumar Reddy said.
The dalits and BCs were cheated by the TRS party and after assuming power, attacks on dalits were on the rise, he added.
With a slogan ‘Chalo Sircilla’ the Congress party will organise a massive public meeting on July 31 at Sircilla town. Lok Sabha former Speaker Meira Kumar will attend as chief guest.
“There is no social justice in Telangana after TRS came to power. The arrogance of leaders is brazen and when the Opposition questioned them, they were mocking at us,” the Congress party state president said.
Referring to the implication of DCC president N. Rajender Reddy in a murder case, Mr. Uttam Kumar Reddy sought to know if the accused named TRS party leaders or Police Commissioner G. Sudheer Babu, would the police include them also in the chargesheet.
The Congress leaders and party workers were being witch hunted by the ruling TRS party across the State. DCCB Chairman Janga Raghava Reddy was harassed similarly. “The power is not permanent. The Congress party will come to ruling in Telangana in 2019 and settle the score,” he said.
City Congress president Katla Srinivasa Rao, senior leader Rajanala Srinivas, E.V. Srinivas and others were present.
