Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar’s son skips appearance before police

Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar’s son Bhageerath skipped an appearance before the police on Wednesday after being directed to appear in a POCSO case registered against him here following allegations of sexual harassment of a minor girl.

Police teams continued to search for Bhageerath at different places, a police official said.

A notice was served to his uncle on Tuesday, directing Bhageerath to appear before the Inspector of Police of Pet Basheerabad police station here on May 13 at 2 pm. “However, he did not appear,” the official said.

Bhageerath moved the Telangana High Court seeking anticipatory bail in the case. The matter is expected to come up for hearing on May 14.

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.

Police had said that more stringent sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act were invoked in the case.