Sharmila sent to judicial custody for two weeks for assaulting police personnel

Hyderabad, April 24 A Hyderabad court on Monday sent YSR Telangana Party (YSRTP) leader Y.S. Sharmila to judicial custody for 14 days assaulting police personnel on duty.

After the court pronounced its order on Monday night, she was shifted to Chanchalguda Jail. She will remain in judicial custody till May 8.

The court had earlier reserved its order on the police petition for remand.

Sharmila's two drivers were booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

On a complaint by a sub-inspector of police, a case was booked against the sister of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy at Banjara Hills police station.

Police registered a case against Sharmila and her drivers under IPC's Section 353(Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty), 332(Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty), 509 (Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) and 427 (Mischief causing damage)

Another case was booked under IPC's Section 337 (Causing hurt to any person by doing any act so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life, or the personal safety of others).

Earlier, Deputy Commissioner of Police Joel Davis said police had gone to Sharmila's house following information that she was going to the office of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) question paper leak. Since there was no permission for Sharmila's visit to the SIT office, the police personnel were trying to explain the same to her but she assaulted them.

A driver of Sharmila's car also did not stop the car on the order of police and hit them, injuring constable Giribabu.

Sharmila allegedly manhandled two sub-inspectors and a woman constable. One of the SIs went to hospital for treatment.

The YSRTP leader was taken to Jubilee Hills police station. Later, when her mother Y.S. Vijayamma went to the police station to meet her. When she was stopped by the police, she had an argument with them. A video shows Vijayamma slapping a woman police constable.

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