Overview
- Twenty-two-year-old Dhanavath Sai Siddu says he was seized from his home on September 9 by Vadapalli police after taking part in a protest over delayed urea supplies.
- At the station, Sub-Inspector A. Srikanth Reddy and other officers allegedly tied his legs and beat him for about 25 minutes with rubber-covered lathis, targeting his feet and ribs.
- Siddu recounts caste-based insults, threats to remain silent before doctors and a judge, and being forced to walk to court despite severe pain and vomiting.
- He remains hospitalized and unable to walk, and his wife, Dhanavath Bhumika, has filed a complaint with the Telangana SC/ST Commission.
- A video of Siddu describing the alleged torture is widely shared, and BRS MLA Jagdeeshwar Reddy has visited the family while police have not issued a public response.