Hyderabad, Sep 2026 : Hyderabad Police have registered another case against senior Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leaders, including Working President K. T. Rama Rao and former minister T. Harish Rao, over alleged misconduct, abusive behaviour and obstruction of women police personnel during a protest outside the Telangana Assembly on Monday.
The case was registered at Saifabad Police Station based on a complaint filed by woman police constable K. Padmavathi. Several BRS legislators have been named in the case, which alleges that the leaders obstructed police personnel from performing their duties, used abusive and objectionable language and threatened them during the confrontation at Gate Number 3 of the Assembly.
According to the complaint, police had stopped BRS legislators from entering the Assembly after they arrived wearing black T-shirts carrying protest slogans. The complainant alleged that the situation escalated when some BRS MLAs and MLCs made objectionable remarks against women police officers.
The complaint further alleged that some of the leaders removed their T-shirts and stood semi-naked in front of women police personnel. The complainant claimed that the legislators stood very close to the women officers, causing them considerable discomfort and embarrassment.
Padmavathi also alleged that the BRS leaders attempted to forcibly enter the Assembly by pushing and jostling with women constables. She claimed that the physical confrontation resulted in police personnel being pushed against their chests.
According to the complaint, Padmavathi, along with Sub-Inspector Triveni and women constables Rashmi Yadav and Soumya, experienced physical and mental distress following the incident and were subsequently admitted to Gleneagles Hospital for treatment.
Police have launched an investigation into the allegations and are examining photographs, video footage and medical records to establish the sequence of events and determine the role of individual leaders.
The latest FIR is the second case registered against BRS leaders in connection with the protests outside the Assembly on Monday. In the earlier case, the leaders were accused of obstructing and assaulting police personnel, abusing women constables, threatening police staff, allegedly catching personnel by their collars and pushing members of the Quick Response Team.
Former ministers Jagdish Reddy, Gangula Kamalakar, Sabitha Indra Reddy and Sunitha Lakshma Reddy, along with legislators Padi Kaushik Reddy, Shambipur Raju, Sanjay, Vijayudu, Sudheer Reddy and Kova Lakshmi, were among those named in the earlier FIR.
The first case was also registered at Saifabad Police Station under various provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), including sections dealing with causing hurt to public servants, assault or use of criminal force against women, criminal intimidation and intentional insult.
Separately, two BRS MLCs, T. Madhusudan alias Madhu and N. Naveen Kumar Reddy, were arrested on Tuesday over alleged derogatory and abusive remarks against Telangana Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar.
The case against the two legislators was registered on a complaint by Pollepalli Venkatesham, Officer on Special Duty to the Assembly Speaker. Police invoked provisions of the BNS as well as the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
The two MLCs were produced before the Nampally Court, which ordered their release on personal bonds and sureties. The Telangana Legislative Council subsequently suspended both legislators for the remainder of the monsoon session.
The series of cases has intensified the political confrontation between the ruling establishment and the opposition BRS, with the Assembly premises witnessing repeated clashes between protesting legislators and police personnel.
