Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde was apprised of the “highhanded” behavior of the police in arresting and dragging former minister Dr P. Shankar Rao om Thursday in Hyderabad.
Congress MP G. Vivek said he had provided all the details to the Union Home Minister regarding the humiliation meted out to Congress MLA Shankar Rao by the police. He charged that Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy was the main architect in the police drama enacted in Hyderabad. The Union Home Minister was also urged to institute a high-level inquiry into the incident, he added.
Meanwhile, leaders cutting across party lines lambasted the police as well as the Chief Minister for the high-handed action against a sick Dalit MLA. Labour Minister Danam Nagender criticized the over-action of the police in dealing with the former minister.
The treatment meted out to an MLA by police was very unfortunate and unpardonable, he said, adding that he had brought this to the notice of the Chief Minister for necessary action against the police. Another Minister Ponnala Laxmaiah also condemned the police action.
–Agencies