VHR condemns booking of cases against Nagender

Rajya Sabha member V Hanumantha Rao on Friday expressed regret over the booking of cases against Labour Minister D Nagender at the Banjara Hills Police Station.

Talking to reporters after meeting Nagender at his residence in Banjara Hills, Hanumantha Rao said that the registration of cases against a cabinet minister, without verifying the facts, was wrong. He said this incident would affect the image of both the government and the ruling party. He said that Home Minister P Sabitha Indira Reddy should have interfered in the issue before the police registered a case against the minister.

Accusing the police of "over action", Hanumantha Rao demanded that DCP West Zone Stephen Ravindra be transferred from the City Police. He said that it was Stephen Ravindra who, along with his team, barged into the OU hostels and lathicharged Telangana activists and he was acting as an extra-constitutional authority.

The Rajya Sabha member demanding that the State Government order a detailed probe into the incident and withdraw the cases booked against Nagender.