TRS demands probe into the Sircilla violence

The Telangana Rashtra Samithi on Wednesday demanded action against the police officials for their alleged high-handedness against its activists during the visit of YSR Congress honorary president Y S Vijaya Lakshmi's Sircilla visit.

Medak MP Vijayashanti on Wednesday called on to Home Minister P Sabita Indra Reddy and lodged her protest against the attitude adopted by the police against the agitating TRS activists during Vijayamma’s vist to Sircilla, where she undertook a day-long Deeksha for the cause of weavers. Talking to media persons, Vijayashanti condemned the police lathicharged on the agitating Telangana supporters especially at Telangana Bhavan and termed it as injustice.

Vijayashanti demanded that the government order probe into the incidents and take action against the police officials for their "inhuman and biased" actions. It appeared, she alleged, that Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has deliberately allowed the police to take on TRS supporters at the Telangana Bhavan. She alleged that several party activists and leaders, especially the women, were brutally beaten up by the police.

The Medak MP has accused the State Government of providing unprecedented security to Seemandhra leaders while giving the police a free hand to take on Telangana supporters. She demanded that the government order a high-level probe into the incident and take action against the officials concerned.