HYDERABAD: Lok Sabha Committee of Privileges has served notices to Telangana chief secretary Somesh Kumar, director general of police M Mahender Reddy and four other police officials in connection with the breach of privileges complaint lodged by BJP MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar.
The officials have been directed to appear before the panel on February 2 to give oral evidence on the complaint by the Lok Sabha member from Karimnagar.
Bandi Sanjay complained to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on January 3 against Karimnagar police commissioner V Satyanarayana and three other police officials of Karimnagar district for forcefully arresting him in an ‘illegal' manner and filing of alleged false cases against him.
Sanjay appeared before the 15-member Privileges Committee on Friday and explained how the police ‘manhandled' him. He urged the panel headed by Sunil Kumar Singh to take action against the police officers involved in the incident.The Lok Sabha panel has also issued notices to principal secretary (Home) Ravi Gupta, Karimnagar ACP Srinivasa Rao, Jagityal DSP R Prakash and inspector Lakshmi Babu.
Sanjay , who is also the president of BJP's Telangana unit, was arrested by police in Karimnagar on the night of January 2 when he along with his supporters were sitting on a jagarana' to protest against a Government Order (GO no. 317) relating to transfer of government employees and teachers. The MP along with his supporters locked themselves in Sanjay's camp office to stage the protest. Police stormed into the office to arrest the MP. He was booked for violation of Disaster Management Act and for allegedly attacking policemen.
