Minister Sanjay Kumar’s son moves Telangana HC for anticipatory bail

Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar’s son Bhageerath on Tuesday moved the Telangana High Court seeking anticipatory bail in a POCSO case registered against him here following allegations of sexual harassment of a minor girl.

Bhageerath also filed another petition seeking to quash the criminal case registered against him under the provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. 
The date of next hearing on the petitions would be known soon, sources said.

The case was registered on May 8 based on a complaint by the mother of a 17-year-old girl, who alleged that Bhageerath was in a relationship with her daughter and sexually harassed her. The alleged relationship began about seven-eight months ago, police said.

Kumar’s son had denied the charge and alleged extortion and criminal intimidation by the teen and her parents. Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Monday directed DGP CV Anand to constitute special teams and intensify the investigation into the POCSO case.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Kukatpally Zone) Ritiraj, who was tasked with supervising the investigation, visited Pet Basheerabad police station, (where the case was registered) on Monday and discussed the progress of the investigation with the ACP and SHO.