Hyderabad police register POCSO case against Bandi Sanjay’s son
A POCSO case has been registered against Bandi Bhagirath Sai, son of Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar, following allegations by a minor girl in Hyderabad. Bhagirath Sai has filed a counter-complaint accusing the girl’s family of attempting to extort Rs 5 crore.
Hyderabad: In a development that is bound to generate intense political heat, a criminal case of sexual assault on a minor girl was registered against Bandi Bhagirath Sai, son of Union Minister of State for Home, Bandi Sanjay, in Petbasheerabad police station limits in the city.
The registration of the case under provisions of the stringent provisions of the POCSO Act came to light on Saturday, even as Bandi Bhageerath lodged a case against the girl and her parents, accusing them of trying to extort money from him in a police station in Karimnagar commissionerate.
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The case against Bandi Bhageerath was registered after the minor victim, aged around 17 years, approached the Petbasheerabad police along with her parents and lodged the complaint. She alleged that Bhageerath Sai had touched her inappropriately on December 31 last year in a farmhouse at Moinabad after forcing her to consume alcohol, despite her objections.
The Petbasheerabad police confirmed the registration of the case. “Based on a complaint, a case is registered under the POCSO Act, and an investigation is going on “, Petbasherabad Inspector K Vijaya Vardhan said.
The registration of the case under the stringent provisions of the POCSO Act came a day before the proposed visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Hyderabad, with the BJP making massive arrangements for a public meeting to be addressed by Modi.
In addition to this, Union Minister Bandi Sanjay, father of the accused person Bandi Bhageerath, is already embroiled in another controversy over the attack on Karimnagar MLA’s office and on BRS legislator Padi Kaushik Reddy in Karimnagar two days ago. The BJP workers attacked the MLA’s office when Padi Kaushik Reddy was inside, allegedly provoked over some statements made by Kaushik Reddy against Bandi Sanjay. The BRS has mounted a scathing criticism against Bandi Sanjay, accusing him of engineering the Karimnagar attack.
In the counter case registered against the girl and her parents, Bandi Bhageerath alleged that the family was trying to extort Rs 5 crore from him and that they made these demands for payment of money.
He maintained in his complaint that he had already paid Rs 50,000 to the family. He stated that the girl’s family befriended him and that he had visited different temples and attended family functions also.
