Overview
- Police took BRS MLCs Tata Madhu and N. Naveen Kumar Reddy into custody on Tuesday after a complaint alleged they made derogatory remarks about Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar during a protest.
- The Saifabad police case invoked sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and multiple provisions of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act based on a complaint from the Speaker’s officer on special duty.
- The Legislative Council suspended the two MLCs for the remainder of the session following a resolution moved in the Assembly that condemned their conduct.
- Separate FIRs named senior BRS leaders, including K.T. Rama Rao and T. Harish Rao, for allegedly obstructing and assaulting police, and authorities carried out preventive detentions and heavy deployments around Erravelli and other locations.
- A city court refused the police request for judicial remand and ordered the MLCs released on personal bonds, while the Telangana High Court has asked police to identify officers shown in video of women MLAs being manhandled at the gate.