Overview
- The Huzurabad police registered an FIR against BRS MLA Padi Kaushik Reddy for allegedly abusing and obstructing officers, citing multiple Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections.
- Police say they restricted large convoys to the Sammakka-Saralamma Jatara for crowd control, after which the MLA led a sit-in that was dispersed and was briefly taken to Saidapur police station.
- The Telangana IPS, IAS, and Police Officers’ associations condemned his remarks referencing the Karimnagar police commissioner’s religion and demanded a public apology, which he issued.
- Reddy submitted a notice to Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar seeking a privilege motion against Commissioner Gaush Alam, ACP Madhavi, and Inspector Laxmi Narayana.
- He alleged a Dalit sarpanch was blocked from a ritual, a claim police deny, with a possible complaint to the State SC/ST Commission and the Speaker’s decision on the privilege notice still pending.