BJP’s Lok Sabha candidate for Hyderabad K Madhavi Latha continues in the limelight for wrong reasons. A woman police officer was suspended for hugging her. Hyderabad Police Commissioner K. Sreenivas Reddy has suspended an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of police was placed under suspension for violating the Model Code of Conduct (MCC).
Uma Devi, who works as an Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) of police at Saidabad police station in the city was on duty at Saidabad during the padayatra of the BJP candidate. In a video, the police officer is seen walking up to Madhavi Latha, shaking hands and hugging before whispering something in her ear.
The police officer in uniform was on duty when the BJP leader was campaigning in an area under the limits of Saidabad Police Station.
The video went viral on social media platforms. The senior officials conducted an enquiry and later placed the police official under suspension.
Meanwhile, Madhavi Latha expressed impatience with the behavior of the police. Stating that Election Code is in force across the country, she wondered if the police were working under the Election Commission? Or is the Congress government in the palm of their hand?
Filing a complaint with the Chief Election Officer Vikas Raj, she was furious that Majlis leader Asaduddin Owaisi’s behaviour was hurting sentiments of Hindus. She strongly objected to slogans like `Beef Zindabad’ and accused that it is a conspiracy to create a wedge between religions. She urged the Election Commission to take action against Asaduddin Owaisi’,
Moreover, objecting to registering a case against her in Begumpet Police Station, she clarified that she did not shoot the arrow aimed at the mosque as it was alleged. She expressed her anger that the police had registered a case against her without conducting an investigation. She urged CEO Vikas Raj to focus on the behavior of the police.
