VIJAYAWADA: The city police on Wednesday issued notices to the parents of retired IAS officer PV Ramesh directing them to attend an investigation on January 22. Three police officials from Vijayawada visited the house of the parents of the former bureaucrat at Kondapur in Hyderabad to serve the notice.
The notices were issued by investigating officer Suresh Reddy, SHO of Patamata police station, under Sections 498-A IPC and 3 and 4 Dowry (Prohibition) Act.
Suresh Reddy told TOI that the investigation related to a case of harassment of a woman demanding additional dowry that occurred in September 2018 at Patamata in Vijayawada. The complainant, Penumaka Sandhya, had lodged a case on September 26, 2018 against her in-laws and husband Penumaka Rajashekara Joshi, who is the brother of Ramesh.
In her complaint Sandhya stated she was married to Penumaka Rajasekhar Joshi and was blessed with two children. At the time of marriage, an amount of Rs 2 lakh, four acres of mango farm, household articles, and a car were given to her husband. During the initial years of marriage, they were happy.
