Hyderabad: Suspension of ST staff triggers protests in Saifabad

Saifabad: Activists of Lambadi Aikya Vedika, led by its president Dr Rajkumar Jadhav, staged a protest condemning suspension of ST employee who exposed corruption of TSSPDCL CMD Raghuma Reddy in front of TSSPDCL office here on Thursday.

Dr Rajkumar demanded the state government to conduct CID enquiry on Raghuma Reddy's corruption. He alleged that Raghuma Reddy had harassed ST employees and did not follow reservations norms in their promotions. He demanded that a case under SC/ST atrocities Act should be filed against the officials. He expressed doubts that the CM KCR and energy minister may have colluded in the corruption. He condemned the suspension of ST employee who exposed the scam.

Later, the protestors were arrested by police and shifted to Saifabad and Nampally police stations. Association general secretary Paditya Naik, Medchal district president Dasharath Naik, Hyderabad president Krishna Kumar, ST association Dharma Naik, Sriram Naik, Indal Rathod, Shankar, Lakpathi, Kantha Rao, Bhaskar, Jadhav Jaisingh, Malu, Suresh, Mahesh, Devender and others participated in the protest.