Govt foisted false cases on students: Uttam

Hyderabad: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president N Uttam Kumar Reddy accused the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government of implicating Osmania University students and leaders in false cases after they protested against the suicide of an OU student Murali Mudiraj.

Accompanied by senior leaders including legislators T Jeevan Reddy, Geetha Reddy, Rammohan Reddy, Akula Lalitha and Santosh Kumar, Youth Congress State president Anil Kumar Yadav, TPCC Legal Cell chairman Damodar Reddy and others, Uttam Kumar Reddy met the student leaders Pratap Reddy, Addanki Dayakar, Manavta Rai, Ellanna, Durgam Bhaskar and 22 others at Chanchalguda Jail on Tuesday.

Speaking to the media later, Uttam Kumar Reddy alleged that nearly 40 students and their leaders were kept into illegal custody and then implicated in false cases by the TRS government when they protested against the suicide of Murali Mudiraj. He said in open violation of human rights, the student leaders were directly sent to jail without producing them before a magistrate. Announcing that the Congress would approach the High Court and Supreme Court against these illegal cases and arrests, he condemned Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao for his dictatorial behaviour.

Uttam Kumar Reddy said Murali Mudiraj, a BC student, committed suicide as he was disappointed over delay in getting a job. He said it was the TRS government’s failure to provide jobs to unemployed youth which forced Murali to end his life. “Murali’s suicide reflects the level of disappointment prevailing among students and jobless youth. But Chandrashekar Rao has turned so arrogant that he did not even express his condolences over Murali's suicide.

Instead, he unleashed terror on students and other leaders and turned Osmania University into a war zone. Situation has turned so worse that the suicide note was allegedly fabricated to hush up the matter. Chandrashekar Rao and TRS leaders should be ashamed of themselves as they have booked students in serious offences like attempt to murder. Over 30 students have been put in jail at a time when OU exams are going on,” he said.