YSR Telangana Party (YSRTP) leader YS Sharmila has been sent to judicial custody for 14 days after allegedly assaulting police personnel on duty in Hyderabad. Sharmila’s two drivers were also booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Police registered a case against Sharmila and her drivers under IPC’s Section 353, 332, 509, 427 and 337.
Police had gone to Sharmila’s house following information that she was going to the office of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) question paper leak. Since there was no permission for Sharmila’s visit to the SIT office, the police personnel were trying to explain the same to her but she allegedly assaulted them. A driver of Sharmila’s car also did not stop the car on the order of police and hit them, injuring constable Giribabu. Sharmila allegedly manhandled two sub-inspectors and a woman constable. One of the SIs went to hospital for treatment.
The YSRTP leader was taken to Jubilee Hills police station. Later, when her mother YS Vijayamma went to the police station to meet her, she was stopped by the police when she had an argument with them. A video shows Vijayamma slapping a woman police constable. On a complaint by a sub-inspector of police, a case was booked against the sister of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy at Banjara Hills police station. After the court pronounced its order on Monday night, Sharmila was shifted to Chanchalguda Jail, where she will remain till May 8.
