Daughter-in-law moves HC against Shankar Rao family

By S A Ishaqui

Hyderabad, June 19 : Vamsi Priya, daughter-in-law of Congress MLA Dr Shankar Rao, on Tuesday moved the AP High Court challenging inaction of the police in investigating the case lodged by her against her father-in-law and his family members for alleged harassment.

 

The petitioner told the court that she was happily married  to Shashank, son of the Congress MLA, until 2005. She alleged that life became miserable after  her husband’s sister, a divorcee, came to live with them from London. The petitioner submitted that her in-laws, disturbed by their daughter’s divorce,  vented their frustration  on her and  drove her out of the house.

 

She brought to the notice of the court that she lodged a complaint with the city Central Crime Station and a case registered by  the CCS Women’s police station against her in laws and one security guard, but the investigation was moving at  a snail’s pace due to the MLA’s influence.

 

She urged the court to direct the police to expedite  action against Shankar Rao and family members in accordance with the law and arrest  them in the crime registered by the police.

 

Chalo assembly: state defends denial of permit

 

State government infor-med the AP High Court on Tuesday that it had received authenticated information on Chalo Assembly rally, organi-sed by Telangana Advoc-ates Joint Action Commi-ttee on June 14, that it was going to be infiltrated by anti-social elements who planned to use the cover of agitators to indulge in large-scale violence and pose a grave threat to law and order.

 

While placing a counter affidavit pursuant to the direction of the court in a plea challenging the preventive arrests of agitators in view of the rally, government said it had received credible information that a large number of agitators, including sympathisers of CPI-Maoists and CPI-ML (New Democracy) were likely to sneak into the premises of the AP Legislative Assembly, endangering public representatives and state ministers.

 

A division bench comprising Justice K.C. Bhanu and Justice Challa Kodanda Ram was dealing with the PIL filed by the Telangana Advocates JAC.

 

Home department’s counsel K. Janakiram Reddy defended the police action in not permitting the rally. He said the Maoists had given a call to convert the programme into a militant struggle. The state will file an additional affidavit with regard to arrests and incidents, if any, in Telangana region on the day of the rally.   

 

Upon a request from petitioner’s counsel, the court granted a week’s time for him to reply.