Hyderabad: Renuka Chowdhury, a senior Congress leader, criticised the K Chandrashekar Rao-led administration on Tuesday, accusing it of failing to move against the son of a Telangana Rashtra Samithi councillor who was caught in a gang-rape case.
“The son of the TRS Councillor is in police remand in gang-rape case. What is the TRS government doing about it? Why is it that they are not taking any action? What are they waiting for?”
Seeking actions against the accused,Ms Chowdhury asked Chief Minister Rao, popularly known as KCR, to respond to the matter.
Slamming the silence of minister KT Rama Rao over the matter, she said, “What is KTR doing? He tweets everything, why is it not considered a crime in Telangana? I demand that the girl should be given security because there may be a threat to her life for identifying the criminal.”
The son of a TRS councillor is a suspect in a rape case in Kodad. Police in Telangana’s Suryapet district claimed two males, including the son of a local TRS leader, allegedly raped a 20-year-old lady many times over three days. According to investigators, the victim was raped after being offered a sedative-laced drink.
Ms. Chowdhury claimed that Congress workers in Telangana are being falsely accused of rape.
“False cases have been registered against Congress workers in the state. Despite the court’s directions to remove cases, rowdy sheets have been opened against them,” she told ANI.
“We have reported it to the minority commission and human rights as well. We are living in a rowdy state and the Goondaism in the name of uniform and power ministers is usual,” she added.
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