YSR Kin Approach High Court For Security

The former chief minister late YS Rajasekhar Reddy's daughter Sharmila Reddy and her husband Anil Kumar approached the High Court against withdrawal of security by the state government. They termed it as an act of vengeance by the government towards their family and requested the court to pass orders for the restoration of security immediately.

In their petition to the court, they contended that the 1+1 security hitherto provided to them has been withdrawn by the government without giving any notice on the 1st of this month. And that they have come to know about the withdrawal only through newspapers. Chief secretary (Home), DGP, Addl. DGP (Intelligence) along with Hyderabad City Police Commissioner have been named Respondents in the petition.

Ms. Sharmila Reddy said in her petition that 1+1 security was provided to her family members in view of the security reasons when her father YS Rajasekhar Reddy became the chief minister in 2004 and was being continued till now. "After the sudden demise of my father, lot of political changes have taken place in the state. In this backdrop, my brother Jagan Mohan Reddy has resigned from the Congress Party and floated a new party. This has caused the government to nurture grudge against our family. With this, the security has been withdrawn abruptly without giving any notice from 1st of this month. Though a representation has been made to the government on 8th April, but the security hasn't been restored. It is unconstitutional to withdraw security by the government without giving prior notice and this is a clear act of vengeance against our family. Hence this petition, praying for issuance of orders to the government to restore 1+1 security to our family, as has been provided in the past," said Sharmila in her petition.