Former Andhra minister arrested in dowry harassment case
HYDERABAD: The Central Crime Station (CCS) sleuths on Monday arrested Cantonment MLA P Shankar Rao and booked him in a dowry harassment case following a complaint from his daughter-in-law Vishnu Priya. The former minister was arrested from his Musheerabad residence around 4.30 pm and cases under sections 195-A (threatening any person to give false evidence) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC were registered against him.
Shankar Rao had secured an anticipatory bail in an earlier complaint lodged by his daughter-in-law but the arrest took place based on a fresh complaint by her 15 days ago stating that he was forcing her to withdraw her earlier complaint.
CCS DCP LKV Ranga Rao said Vishnu Priya lodged the fresh complaint with the women police station of the CCS in the third week of June this year alleging that Shankar Rao has been threatening her to change the statement she has given in a dowry harassment case booked against him and his family members.
While he was being brought to the CCS women police station, the MLA told the police that he was feeling sick and after arriving at the police station premises, he fainted. The police immediately shifted him to Osmania General Hospital for medical treatment. "Based on the doctor's advice, we will take a call on when to produce the MLA before the court," the DCP said.
Vishnu Priya was married to Shankar Rao's son Shashank in 2005. A year ago, Vishnu Priya lodged a complaint against her husband Shashank, father-in-law Shankar Rao, mother-in-law Vishwa Shanti and sister-in-law Sushmita alleging that they were harassing her for dowry following which a case under section 498-A (subjecting a married woman to cruelty) was booked against all of them.
However, Vishnu Priya approached the AP High Court a month ago alleging that the police are not investigating the case properly. Following this, the MLA and his son, who already obtained anticipatory bail from a local court, surrendered before the CCS officials on June 19 and were let off on bail.
After this incident, the MLA is alleged to have threatened Vishnu Priya to change her statement in the dowry harassment case following which she lodged the fresh complaint with the CCS police. When the cops came to arrest Shankar Rao, his daughter Sushmita obstructed them upon which Musheerabad police took her into custody under section 151 of the CrPC. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Former-Andhra-minister-arrested-in-dowry-harassment-case/articleshow/20980792.cms
HYDERABAD: The Central Crime Station (CCS) sleuths on Monday arrested Cantonment MLA P Shankar Rao and booked him in a dowry harassment case following a complaint from his daughter-in-law Vishnu Priya. The former minister was arrested from his Musheerabad residence around 4.30 pm and cases under sections 195-A (threatening any person to give false evidence) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC were registered against him.
Shankar Rao had secured an anticipatory bail in an earlier complaint lodged by his daughter-in-law but the arrest took place based on a fresh complaint by her 15 days ago stating that he was forcing her to withdraw her earlier complaint.
CCS DCP LKV Ranga Rao said Vishnu Priya lodged the fresh complaint with the women police station of the CCS in the third week of June this year alleging that Shankar Rao has been threatening her to change the statement she has given in a dowry harassment case booked against him and his family members.
While he was being brought to the CCS women police station, the MLA told the police that he was feeling sick and after arriving at the police station premises, he fainted. The police immediately shifted him to Osmania General Hospital for medical treatment. "Based on the doctor's advice, we will take a call on when to produce the MLA before the court," the DCP said.
Vishnu Priya was married to Shankar Rao's son Shashank in 2005. A year ago, Vishnu Priya lodged a complaint against her husband Shashank, father-in-law Shankar Rao, mother-in-law Vishwa Shanti and sister-in-law Sushmita alleging that they were harassing her for dowry following which a case under section 498-A (subjecting a married woman to cruelty) was booked against all of them.
However, Vishnu Priya approached the AP High Court a month ago alleging that the police are not investigating the case properly. Following this, the MLA and his son, who already obtained anticipatory bail from a local court, surrendered before the CCS officials on June 19 and were let off on bail.
After this incident, the MLA is alleged to have threatened Vishnu Priya to change her statement in the dowry harassment case following which she lodged the fresh complaint with the CCS police. When the cops came to arrest Shankar Rao, his daughter Sushmita obstructed them upon which Musheerabad police took her into custody under section 151 of the CrPC. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Former-Andhra-minister-arrested-in-dowry-harassment-case/articleshow/20980792.cms
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