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…
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Hyderabad, May 17 (IANS) Bandi Bhageerath, the son of Union Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar, admitted to have committed the offence of sexually assaulting a minor girl after which he was arrested and produced before a Magistrate, who sent him to judicial custody for two weeks, Cyberabad Police said. In a statement issued past Saturday midnight, Cyberabad Police Commissioner M. Ramesh said that based on the complaint by the victim girl, a case was registered against Ba…
Hyderabad, May 16 (IANS) Cyberabad police on Saturday arrested Bandi Bhagirath in a POCSO case, even as his father and union minister of state for home Bandi Sanjay claimed that he surrendered before the police. Bandi Sanjay posted on social media that Bhagirath was not arrested, but he himself appeared before the police for questioning.“Bhagirath went to Pet Basheerabad Police Station in the presence of two lawyers,” wrote Sanjay, who posted a picture of his son flanked by two men.The claim…
Hyderabad, May 16 (IANS) Telangana Rakshana Sena President, K Kavitha, on Saturday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking the immediate removal of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Bandi Sanjay Kumar, from the Union Council of Ministers in connection with a POCSO case against his son Bageerath.In the letter, K Kavitha targetted the Union Minister following a First Information Report (FIR) registered against his son under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (P…
Hyderabad, May 15 (IANS) Cyberabad Police have registered cases against social media accounts, which posted photos and videos of the victim in the POCSO case registered against Minister of State for Home Affairs, Bandi Sanjay Kumar’s son Bandi Bhageerath, officials said on Friday. The cases have been registered at the Pet Basheerabad Police Station, where the POCSO case was booked against Bhageerath on May 8.”Based on the complaint lodged by the Child Welfare Committee Chairperson of Medchal-Mal…
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday set aside the Delhi High Court order suspending the life sentence of expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the 2017 Unnao rape case. A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi partly allowed the special leave petition (SLP) filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against the Delhi High Court order granting conditional bail to Sengar during the pendency of his appeal against conviction.The ap…
Hyderabad, May 14 (IANS) Cyberabad police has sent teams to Delhi and Karimnagar in search of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Bandi Sanjay’s son Bandi Bhageerath allegedly involved in a sexual assault on a minor girl.As Bhageerath failed to appear before police on Wednesday despite a notice being served on him, the police sent teams to Delhi and Karimnagar to arrest him in the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) case registered against him.Pet Basheerabad police repor…
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) A woman was allegedly gang-raped inside a private bus in Delhi’s Nangloi area, Delhi Police said on Thursday, adding that a case has been registered based on the victim’s complaint, and both accused have been arrested. According to Delhi Police, the bus used in the crime has also been seized. Officials said the investigation is underway and the case is being probed from every possible angle.Police said the incident happened on Monday night in the Rani Bagh area. The …
Hyderabad, May 13 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar’s son Bandi Bhageerath on Wednesday did not appear before police for questioning in the POCSO case registered against him, but sent a letter, seeking two days to make himself available for questioning. Bhageerath was directed to appear before the Station House Officer of Pet Basheerabad Police Station at 2 p.m. on Wednesday. A notice was served on Tuesday.Bhageerath sent a letter to the SHO, seeking two days t…
Hyderabad, May 13 (IANS) Women organisations staged a protest at Pet Basheerabad Police Station here on Wednesday, demanding the arrest of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay’s son Bandi Bhageerath in a POCSO case registered against him. Carrying placards and banners and raising slogans, the protestors gathered in front of the police station. They demanded the immediate arrest of Bhageerath, who allegedly assaulted a minor girl.Police personnel tried to disperse the protestor…