The Hyderabad court today granted bail to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister’s sister and YSR Telangana Party president YS Sharmila in a case of assault on a police official.
The court on Monday sent Sharmila to 14-day judicial custody till May 8 for allegedly assaulting police personnel following an altercation with them outside her residence in Hyderabad.
Sharmila’s advocate Varaprasad told the media that the court will hear the bail plea in the matter on Tuesday, at 11 am.
Sharmila (sister of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy), was on her way to the office of the Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is probing the alleged leak of questions for recruitment exams conducted by the state government.
Later, YSRTP chief YS Sharmila’s mother, YS Vijayamma, was also allegedly caught on camera shoving police personnel during her visit to Jubilee Hills police station to meet her daughter, detained earlier.
According to YSRTP leader Pitta Ram Reddy, Sharmila got treated roughly by the police personnel while she tried to question them.
Earlier, Sharmila was detained on March 31 by the police before she reached the Telangana Public Service Commission (TSPSC) office in Hyderabad to hold a protest there regarding an alleged exam paper leak.
On April 4, Telangana BJP chief Bandi Sanjay was picked up past midnight hours from his residence and arrested in connection with the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) paper leak case.
Therefore, he was granted bail by a magistrate’s court in Warangal on April 6. The court allowed bail on the payment of Rs 20,000 as surety.
