The Andhra Pradesh authorities on Sunday suspended three senior IPS officers following an inquiry into the allegations made by a Mumbai-based actress, Kadambari Jethwani. The state authorities issued orders suspending P. Sitharama Anjaneyulu, then Director Common of Police, Intelligence; Kanthi Rana Tata, the then Commissioner of Police, Vijayawada, and Vishal Gunni, then Deputy Commissioner of Police, Vijayawada.
She and her dad and mom allegedly confronted harassment by the hands of cops on the occasion of a frontrunner of YSR Congress, which was then the ruling get together in Andhra Pradesh. The suspensions have been issued beneath Rule 3 (1) of the All India Providers (Self-discipline & Enchantment) Guidelines, 1969. Sitharama Anjaneyulu has been suspended on allegations of misuse of energy and grave misconduct.
He had allegedly instructed the opposite two officers to arrest the actress, even earlier than a proper crime had been registered. There are allegations that Kanthi Rana Tata arrested the actress primarily based on oral directions from his superior on January 31, 2024, earlier than the registration of the FIR on February 2.
He booked flights for officers to Mumbai for the arrest with out correct written directions or due investigation. His actions have been deemed to be misconduct and dereliction of responsibility. Based on a separate suspension order, Vishal Gunni didn’t correctly study the grievance earlier than continuing with the arrest.
He too acted on oral directions and traveled to Mumbai to arrest the actress with out written orders or adequate proof. Director Common of Police Dwarka Tirumala Rao had ordered an inquiry after the actress lodged a web-based grievance with the Andhra Pradesh police. She recorded the assertion earlier than Vijayawada police on August 30.
House Minister V. Anitha had earlier mentioned that the federal government had taken the case of alleged harassment critically. The actress had alleged that the three police officers together with another lower-rank officers harassed her and her household in reference to a dishonest case registered towards her on a grievance by YSRCP chief KVR Vidya Sagar.
The actress additionally alleged that she and her relations threatened to withdraw a case towards the YSRCP chief registered at Bandra Kurla Police Station in Mumbai on her grievance. A case of dishonest and forgery was registered towards the actress and her dad and mom at Ibrahimpatnam Police Station in Andhra Pradesh on a grievance by Vidyasagar.
The YSRCP chief had alleged that she fabricated paperwork for 5 acres of land and extorted Rs 5 lakh from him. A police staff had gone to Mumbai and arrested her and her dad and mom. They have been dropped at Vijayawada and remanded earlier than being launched on bail. The YSR Congress chief reportedly had a friendship with the actress and allegedly began harassing her after she demanded that he marry her.