Friday, August 15, 2008

AP High Court stalls action on Sailaja


By S A Ishaqui

Hyderabad, August 14 : The AP High Court on Thursday directed that the police not to arrest Ms Sailaja Kiron, Manging Director of Margadarsi Chit Funds Pvt Ltd till Monday.
The police registered a case against Ms Kiron and her private security personnel in Basar police station on Nizamabad district on August 8 following a complaint lodged by reporters of a telugu daily.
According to the police Ms Kiron visited Sarswathi temple in Basar to perform " Akshara Srikara Pooja " for her child on August 8. Reporters of a telugu daily tried to took the photographs of Ms Kiron. The persons accompanying Ms Kiron objected the reporters and allegedly manhandled them and snatched the camera from them. Based on the complaint police booked a case under Sections 290, 323c and 506 of IPC against Ms Sailaja and others.
Ms Sailaja Kiron filed a petition in the High Court seeking a direction to quash the case. She contended that she was innocent and did not any wrong.
While dealing with the petition Justice P Swaroop Reddy asked the public prosecutor Mr Nageswar Rao to get the factual information of the incident and appraise to the court on Monday.

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