Latest Bandi Bhageerath News & Updates

Hyderabad, May 29 (IANS) Cyberabad police continued questioning Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Bandi Sanjay Kumar’s son Bandi Bhageerath in a POCSO case for the third day on Friday. MoS Bandi Sanjay’s son will be produced before a trial court at Malkajgiri later in the day today.A Special Investigation Team (SIT) was questioning him at Pet Basheerabad Police Station, where the case was registered against him on May 8.The SIT, led by Deputy Commissioner of Police Ritiraj, is reported…

Hyderabad, May 27 (IANS) Cyberabad police on Wednesday began interrogating Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar’s son Bandi Bhageerath in a POCSO case.The day after the trial court granted police custody of Bhageerath for three days, a police team from Pet Basheerabad Police Station took him into custody from Cherlapalli Prison.After the medical examination, the police shifted him to the police station for questioning.Deputy Commissioner of Police, Kukatpally, Ritiraj, w…

Hyderabad, May 22 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K. T. Rama Rao on Friday alleged that Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy conspired with Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay to save the latter’s son Bandi Bhageerath in the POCSO case. Addressing a press conference, he said that the crime of shielding a POCSO accused for nine days squarely lies with Revanth Reddy, who is also the home minister.Rama Rao hit back at the Chief Minister for the remarks…

Hyderabad, May 21 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy said on Thursday that police had arrested Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay’s son, Bandi Bhageerath, in a Pocso case.Replying to queries at a press conference, the Chief Minister said that he believes what the police said.Bandi Sanjay has been claiming that he handed over his son to the police to cooperate in the investigation.This is contrary to the statement by Cyberabad police that they arrested Bhageerath….

Hyderabad, May 21 (IANS) The Telangana High Court has permitted Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar’s son, Bandi Bhageerath, to file a regular bail petition in a POCSO case. The court on Thursday allowed Bhageerath’s counsel to withdraw the anticipatory bail petition as the police had arrested Bhageerath on May 16.The High Court on May 15 had refused to grant interim protection from arrest to Bhageerath in the case but had reserved orders on the anticipatory bail peti…

Hyderabad, May 20 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Bandi Sanjay Kumar, has again claimed that he handed over his son to the police in a POCSO case. He told media persons here on Wednesday that immediately after receiving the information, he handed over his son to the police to cooperate in the investigation.”Have you ever seen a father handing over his own son to the police?” asked Bandi Sanjay.The claim by the MoS is contrary to the statement by Cyberabad Police that they arre…

Hyderabad, May 18 (IANS) Telangana’s main Opposition party, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), on Monday staged protests across the state, demanding immediate dismissal of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Bandi Sanjay Kumar, over the arrest of his son Bandi Bhageerath in a POCSO case for alleged sexual assault of a minor girl.BRS legislators and other leaders led the protests in all the constituencies. Holding placards and carrying banners, the protestors raised slogans in support of their…

Hyderabad, May 17 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President K.T. Rama Rao (also known as KTR) on Sunday demanded immediate dismissal of the Union Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar to ensure a fair and impartial investigation in the POCSO case involving his son Bandi Bhageerath. A day after Bhageerath’s arrest and judicial remand, KTR said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi repeatedly speaks about “Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao”, but said justice cannot be achieved…

Hyderabad, May 17 (IANS) The counsel of Bandi Bhageerath, son of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar, on Sunday disputed the police claim that he was arrested in a POCSO case on Saturday night and maintained that he voluntarily surrendered. Hours after a magistrate sent Bhageerath to judicial custody for 14 days, his counsel, Karuna Sagar, said the Cyberabad Police was falsely projecting that Bandi Bhageerath had been arrested.“In fact, he voluntarily surrendered before…

Hyderabad, May 17 (IANS) Union Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar’s son Bandi Bhageerath was sent to judicial custody for 14 days by a Magistrate in a POCSO case. Bhageerath, who was arrested by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Saturday night, was produced before a Magistrate at his residence at Medchal around midnight.The Magistrate remanded him to judicial custody till May 29.The accused was subsequently shifted to the Cherlapalli Jail.The SIT arrested the accus…