Varda Bhaskar Mudiraj, a social media activist, was picked up from his residence in Mahabubnagar One Town in the wee hours of Tuesday without even giving the reason behind his arrest.
Hyderabad: In yet another incident of police highhandedness, a man, who allegedly shared posts on social media questioning Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on his poll promises, was detained and brutally thrashed by Mahabubnagar Circle Inspector Appaiah on Tuesday.
According to reports, Varda Bhaskar Mudiraj, a social media activist, was picked up from his residence in Mahabubnagar One Town in the wee hours of Tuesday without even giving the reason behind his arrest. Later at the police station, Bhaskar was allegedly thrashed by CI Appaiah with a rubber belt.
Bhaskar tried to explain to the CI about the social media posts, but he did not listen to him and physically assaulted him. Bhaskar had been questioning the Chief Minister about the poll promises through his WhatsApp posts, which reportedly angered local Congress leaders and it was reportedly based on their instructions, the CI detained and thrashed him.
However, the CI denied the allegations and claimed that Bhaskar was summoned to the police station for questioning with regard to a social media post.
“He was summoned to the police station and after questioning, he was let off. He was not physically assaulted. Ours is a communally sensitive area. He was posting comments which could provoke people, hence he was given warning and left. In the past too, he was asked not to share such posts, but he continued to do so. Hence we summoned and reprimanded him,” the CI claimed.
After learning about the incident, former minister V Srinivas Goud along with BRS leaders took out a rally till the police station and protested against the detention and physical assault of Bhaskar.
Meanwhile, BRS working president KT Rama Rao spoke to Bhaskar over phone and assured him that his party would stand by him and help him in all the possible ways.
