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Time of India
14 hours ago
- Politics
- Time of India
HC junks BRS MLA Kaushik Reddy's plea to quash extortion case
Hyderabad: The Telangana high court on Monday dismissed the quash plea filed by BRS MLA Padi Kaushik Reddy in an alleged extortion case . Kaushik Reddy moved an anticipatory bail plea before the high court immediately after his quash plea was dismissed. The case was filed by the wife of a granite businessman, who alleged that citing public outcry over his granite quarries, the legislator had extorted Rs 25 lakh and was seeking Rs 50 lakh more. The prosecution placed evidence before the court about the threatening calls from the legislator to the businessman. Police produced witness statements of the drivers and others to prove their charge of extortion. Though the counsel for the legislator argued that he was calling the businessman to inform him about the grievance of the people, Justice K Lakshman sought to know if that was the job of a legislator. "He should have asked the relevant authorities to verify and act. Instead, he made direct calls to the businessman," the judge said while dismissing Kaushik Reddy's plea.
Time of India
4 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Cases filed against KTR, Padi Kaushik for alleged derogatory posts on CM
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad cyber crime police on Wednesday registered two separate cases against BRS legislators KT Rama Rao and Padi Kaushik Reddy following a complaint by Congress MLC Balmoor Venkat Narsing Rao. He alleged that both leaders posted derogatory content against chief minister A Revanth Reddy on social media. In his complaint against KTR , the MLC claimed that a video of the Sircilla MLA making defamatory and baseless remarks against the chief minister while speaking to the media was widely circulated on social media. "The statements were intended to tarnish the CM's image and provoke enmity between groups, potentially disturbing public peace," he alleged. The MLC also submitted details of the post to the police. Based on the complaint, police booked KTR under sections 353(2) (statements conducing to public mischief) and 352 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. In a separate complaint, Venkat Rao alleged that Huzurabad MLA Kaushik Reddy had posted similar derogatory and defamatory content on the social media platform X, targeting CM Revanth. The posts allegedly included offensive language, misleading narratives, and baseless allegations intended to disrupt peace and harm the govt's reputation. A case was registered against Kaushik Reddy under section 67 of the IT Act and sections 353(2) and 352 of the BNS. Cyber crime police said they would write to platform X seeking details of the posts in question. Follow more information on Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad here . Get real-time live updates on rescue operations and check full list of passengers onboard AI 171 .
