Hyderabad: Courts in Karimnagar on Monday sent BJP President Bandi State Sanjay Kumar to YD 14 days for allegedly violating Covid-19 norms and attacking civil servants.
Sanjay, a member of Lok Sabha from Karimnagar, was detained on Sunday night when he planned to protest ‘Jagaraa’ (night commemoration) in solidarity with other government teachers and employees on the command of the state government (go 317) about introducing a zonal system in the allocation Job and transfer.
Orders hurt the interests of teachers and others facing their transfer, MP accused.
More than 150 BJP activists, who were with Sanjay when police stormed the protest site, was also detained.
The arrest triggered a wide protest and condemnation of BJP Top leaders, including the National President J P Nadda and the Union Minister Ga Kishan Reddy.
MP and the other four were produced before the judge and then sent to Karimnagar District Prison after the police accused him of violating the provisions of the Disaster Management Law, Indian Criminal Code Section 188 (disobedience to order in a general roasting) and section 333.
IPC (voluntary causing wounds Signed to prevent public servants from their duties).
“We have arrested five people, including MP Bandi Sanjay, local leaders of BJP P Jithender, P Raghu, K Ravi and M with Sathish.
After the Covid-19 test and health checks, they are produced in front of them.
The court sent them to a re-administration 14 days and they shifted to Karimnagar District Jail, “said Commissioner Karimnagar V Satyanarayana.
Citing government orders in the background of the spread of omicron in the state, the district police sent a notification to local BJP leaders who told them not to hold a political event.
“BJP leaders ignore notifications and by not obeying social distance norms, gathering in large quantities at the MP camp office,” Satyanarayana said.
Karimnagar City Police II registered two separate cases in connection with the Jagarana protest at the Sanjay camp office.
The first case was against 21 BJP and other party activists.
“In this case, we arrested 70 people under Section 188, 341 IPC and part 51-B of the disaster management law on Sunday night and released it after serving notifications under the CRPC,” Commissioner said.
The second case was registered with 16 BJP and other leaders underneath 188, 332, 333, 149, 147 of IPC, 51-B of disaster management laws and part 3 of PDPP acted on complaints from Inspector Huzurabad V Srinivas.
In the remand report, it was stated that the defendant formed an assembly that violated the law that violated the orders of the state and guidelines issued by the High Court to prevent the third wave of Covid-19, blocking public roads, attacking civil servants and damaging the property of pubis.
According to the reports of the remand, when the police went to the BJP office in Karimnagar, Sanjay along with hundreds of followers had plans to attack the police if they entered the place.
“They keep bottle of kerosene ready and stick to attack the police,” Remand report said.
It was also alleged in the reports of the remand that CI V Srinivas, Huzurabad ACP Venkat Reddy, Karimnagar CCS ACP K Srinivas and others suffered injuries in attacks caused by BJP workers.
It was also the allegation that the defendant also damaged a police van.