Rebel MP of the ruling YSR Congress, Okay Raghu Ramakrishna Raju, has been arrested on varied expenses, together with sedition, for “indulging in hate speeches towards sure communities and selling disaffection towards the federal government”, the Crime Investigation Department of Andhra Pradesh Police said on Friday. “A preliminary inquiry has been ordered by CID Additional Director General P V Sunil Kumar. In the inquiry it was found that through his speeches on regular basis Mr Raju was indulging in systematic, schematic effort to cause tensions among the communities and by attacking various government dignitaries in a way which will cause loss of faith in the government which they represent,” an official launch right here mentioned.
“There is hate speech towards communities and social teams additionally, which was used to foment social and public order disturbances in conspiracy with just a few media channels,” the release alleged. The release added that, on the orders of the CID ADG, a case under Sections 124A (sedition), 153A (promoting enmity between different groups), 505 (statements conducing public mischief) read with 120B (conspiracy) of Indian Penal Code was registered against the MP.
The Lok Sabha member from Narsapuram constituency, who had rebelled against the YSRC over a year ago, had been making critical remarks against the Jagan Mohan Reddy government for several months now. In recent days, he has been attacking the state government over the “mishandling” of the Covid-19 disaster.
The Central Reserve Police Force, beneath whose safety the MP is in on the orders of the Union Home Ministry, allegedly tried to forestall the CID sleuths from taking Raju into custody however the CID authorities reportedly took up the matter with the CRPF high brass and went forward with their motion. The MP was celebrating his birthday at his Hyderabad residence when the CID males nabbed him.
“About 30 CID males got here to our home with none warrant and forcibly took away our father.They even shoved the CRPF personnel away.We weren’t served any notices,” Rajus son Bharat alleged.
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