Interesting as it might sound, a police inspector, who was posted at the instance of the Telugu Desam Party leaders in Kadapa district, was shunted out of his post within hours of registering a case against YSR Congress party leaders accused of orchestrating obscene social media posts targeting a TDP woman legislator.
According to reports, the inspector of Kadapa One Town police station Ramakrishna Yadavi was abruptly moved to the Vacancy Reserve (VR) by district superintendent of police Nachiketh Vishwanath, based on the complaints lodged by the YSRCP leaders.
The controversy began after TDP MLA R Madhavi Reddy of Kadapa district became the subject of a series of derogatory posts online.
She, along with her husband and TDP Politburo member Srinivasulu Reddy, lodged a complaint with the Kadapa One Town police.
The MLA named YSRCP leader and former deputy chief minister Amjad Basha, his brother Ahmed Basha, and his aide Khaja as being behind the smear campaign against her.
Acting on the complaint, CI Ramakrishna Yadav registered a case against the three on Monday. But, within hours of filing the FIR, transfer orders were issued, moving him into VR.
This sudden action has sparked outrage in TDP circles, which accuse the authorities of punishing a police officer for doing his duty.
“Instead of supporting an officer who acted against those spreading obscene content, he has been victimized,” TDP leaders said.
Sources claim that Kadapa SP Nachiketh Vishwanath questioned the CI over why Amjad Basha and his brother were also added as accused in the FIR, instead of only Khaja in the list of accused. Allegedly, the CI’s refusal to alter the case at the behest of senior officers led to his removal.
When asked about the controversy, the SP maintained that disciplinary violations were the reason behind the action.
The development is particularly sensitive as CI Ramakrishna Yadav was also reportedly targeted during the YSRCP regime.
In 2019, after the party came to power, he was transferred out of Kadapa and kept in VR for nearly a year.
Later, he was denied postings within Kadapa and moved to Anantapur, where he again remained in VR. Only after two years, was he given a posting in the Human Rights Commission section.
With the change of government this year, he had been reinstated as CI of Kadapa One Town PS, raising hopes of a fair working environment. But his sudden removal for filing a case against YSRCP leaders has triggered sharp criticism.
TDP leaders allege that the Special Branch in Kadapa is dominated by pro-YSRCP officers, whose inputs influenced senior officials to take punitive action against the CI.
