Overview

• Jagan visited families of Chebrolu John Victor, Karimullah and Doma Rakesh in Tenali and accused the TDP administration of enforcing its ‘Red Book’ by orchestrating their public beating
• He claimed the trio were detained after questioning a plainclothes constable, subjected to three days of custodial torture and falsely framed with a planted knife and rowdy-sheet cases
• Home Minister Anitha defended the operation as a lawful crackdown on “rowdy sheeters and the ganja batch,” rejecting allegations of caste-based brutality
• Some Dalit groups formed human chains on Tenali roads and released black balloons, accusing Jagan of defending criminals rather than addressing past Dalit injustices
• The YSRCP has called for June 4 to be marked as ‘Betrayal Day’ to mobilize protests against what it describes as systematic misuse of police power under the TDP regime