Hyderabad police have filed a case against Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh K Narayana Swamy for reportedly making disrespectful remarks about Congress leader Sonia Gandhi. The case was registered at Begum Bazar police station after a complaint was filed by Telangana state Congress committee vice-president Mallu Ravi.
Narayana Swamy had made comments connecting Sonia Gandhi to the death of former Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy in a helicopter crash. Mallu Ravi and other leaders had lodged a complaint last week, which was then entered by the police and sent for legal opinion.
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After seeking legal advice and reviewing video footage of Narayana Swamy’s comments, the police have registered a case under sections 504 and 505 (2) of the Indian Penal Code. These sections relate to deliberate insult with the intent to provoke a breach of the peace and making statements conducive to public mischief.
Narayana Swamy reiterated his comments following Mallu Ravi’s complaint. He asserted that not only he, but the entire population of Andhra Pradesh has doubts about the helicopter crash that killed YSR. He also accused TDP president and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and Sonia Gandhi of being behind YSR’s death. YSR, who was the father of the current Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, died in a helicopter crash on September 2, 2009, when he was the chief minister of undivided AP.
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