BJP Telangana chief Bandi Sanjay taken into custody amid high tension
Telangana Police have arrested state BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar in Karimnagar town amid high drama, in a late midnight operation. He was arrested from his grandmother’s house around 12.45 a.m. on Wednesday.
However, there was still no clarity on why Sanjay was arrested, but two versions are doing the rounds. Police personnel lifted Sanjay and whisked him away in a police vehicle.
Tension prevailed when a team of police officials reached there and asked Sanjay to come with them to the station.
Telangana police also detained BJP MLAs Raghunandan Rao and Eatala Rajender and other leaders on Wednesday while the BJP has called for state-wide protests against the arrest of the party’s state unit president Bandi Sanjay Kumar.
Raghunandan Rao was detained near Bommala Ramaram police station in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district where he was lodged after his midnight arrest in Karimnagar.
Sanjay, who is also an MP, wanted to know the case in which he was being arrested. Assistant Commissioner of Police T Srinivasa Rao told him that he would come to know about this at the station.
The official argued that they have the power to arrest him, following which a heated argument ensued between the BJP leader and the police. Sanjay and his supporters, who had gathered there, tried to resist the arrest.
Local BJP leaders and workers raised slogans and tried to stop police vehicles, leading to tension.
Initially, there was no clarity on where he was being taken. Later, the BJP leader was shifted to Bommalaramaram police station.
BJP leaders and workers reached the station and staged a protest against the arrest.
Sanjay had made certain allegations in the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) exam paper leak case and a Special Investigation Team (SIT) had twice issued him notices, directing him to appear before it and provide evidence in support of his allegations.
The state BJP chief, however, did not appear before the SIT and instead deputed his legal team.
According to the second version, Sanjay was arrested in the 10th-class paper leak case. A man arrested in Warangal for leaking a Hindi paper on Tuesday had allegedly shared the same with Sanjay. Minutes after the exam began, the accused leaked the paper from an exam centre and shared it on WhatsApp with Sanjay and others. According to the police, the accused is a BJP worker and has close links with party leaders.
[With Inputs from IANS]
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Boring news. Next arrest news will be interesting (Innocent & Baby Meydem Kavitha)