The police arrested 11 members, allegedly belonging to the Telangana United Front (TUF), on charges of destroying four toll kiosks of the Outer Ring Road at Narsingi in the wee hours of Friday.
According to the police, about 25 persons came to Narsingi around 5 am on Friday and shouting pro-Telangana slogans, destroyed four of the nine toll kiosks. One of the kiosks was completely burnt and another partially.
“While the miscreants were sprinkling petrol on one of the kiosks, it fell on a toll employee. However, he managed to escape unhurt,” deputy commissioner of police Sudheer Babu told TOI.
After indulging in the arson, the accused fled in different locations leaving behind pamphlets bearing the name of Telangana Pratighatana Bheri, but had the English letters TUF (Telangana United Front) at the bottom. Police are still not sure how they assembled and how they fled the location after committing the offence.
But late in the evening, 11 members who allegedly participated in the arson were arrested. Narsingi sub-Inspector M Prabhakar Reddy said that the accused were arrested under the Sections 147, 153a, 427, 436, 285, 506, 149 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Director general of police (DGP) V Dinesh Reddy earlier in the day said that the accused in this case would not be shown mercy and stringent action would be taken against them.
“By indulging in this violent act what did they achieve? Who would have taken responsibility if that person had caught fire” Dinesh said. The CCTV camera at the toll booth failed to capture the footage as it was dysfunctional. The toll gate was started at Narsingi ORR only recently.
Those who desecrated the statue of former chief minister Kasu Brahmananda Reddy at Banjara Hills were alleged to be members of Telangana United Front (TUF).
Meanwhile, TUF leader Vemalakka TUF was taken into preventive custody from her residence at Kavadiguda on the hunch that she might create trouble by participating in Telangana march.
–Courtesy:Timesofindia
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