Hyderabad, April 25: A Telangana activist, B Yeshpal Goud, has filed a petition with the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) on Saturday seeking protection from Saroornagar ACP Sivarama Krishna, who he alleged had threatened to kill him.
Goud, an activist with Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), AP unit, stated in his petition that he was threatened by the cop on various occasions with dire consequences if he failed to withdraw a complaint he had filed at Vanasthalipuram police station during the Telangana movement.
Goud said in his petition that he was participating in a Telangana agitation on December 6, 2009, when he was attacked by some anti-Telangana protesters. Following the attack, he filed a case against these protesters.
“On April 19, I got a call from the official (ACP Krishna) asking me to withdraw the criminal case against the opposite party at the earliest. He abused me in filthy language,” alleged Yeshpal in his petition.
However, ACP Siva RamaKrishna maintained he had not made threatening calls to the petitioner. Chairperson of SHRC, B Subhashan Reddy has now ordered the DCP of LB Nagar Zone to investigate the case and submit an exhaustive report on the same by April 30.
–Agencies