Police register case against BRS leaders for obstructing entry into Telangana Bhavan

Banjara Hills police booked a suo motu case against BRS leaders for obstructing police during BRSV chief Gellu Srinivas Yadav’s arrest. The arrests followed an attack on Mahaa News channel after it aired critical content on BRS leaders in the tapping case.

Hyderabad: The Banjara Hills police on Sunday registered a suo motu case against several BRS leaders for allegedly obstructing police personnel from discharging their duties during the arrest of BRSV president Gellu Srinivas Yadav at Telangana Bhavan on Saturday night.

Among those who reportedly intervened during the police action were senior BRS leaders, including Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council S Madhusudhana Chary and former MLA Balka Suman.

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Around 20 leaders and activists of the BRS and its student wing BRSV, including Srinivas Yadav, were arrested by the Jubilee Hills police in connection with the attack on the Mahaa News channel office. The incident followed the channel’s broadcast of allegedly derogatory content against former Chief Minister and BRS president K Chandrashekhar Rao and BRS working president KT Rama Rao.

On Sunday, police conducted searches at Srinivas Yadav’s residence in the new MLA quarters amid tight security. However, members of the BRS legal cell and advocates representing Srinivas Yadav raised objections, citing various provisions under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).