After YS Sharmila, her mother too slaps constable in Hyderabad

YS Vijayamma, mother of YSRTP chief Sharmila and widow of ex-CM Rajasekhar Reddy, was caught on camera slapping a woman constable at Jubilee Hills Police Station on Monday, barely a couple of hours after her daughter manhandled them.

The video of the slap has gone viral on various social media platforms. The incident occurred when Vijayamma was at the Jubilee Hills police station to meet her daughter Sharmila, who was arrested earlier.

Earlier in the day, Telangana Police detained Sharmila after she manhandled police for stopping her from venturing out of her house.

According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (West Zone) Joel Davis, they saw some TV visuals in which Sharmila was seen assaulting police officials who tried to prevent her from proceeding with a protest for which she had not obtained permission.

''When we got information that she was proceeding to the SIT office, officials went to her residence as she did not obtain any prior permission,'' the DCP told reporters. ''The officials went there to brief her and to stop her from going there. Visuals are coming in which she assaulted the police officials. We will take legal action after obtaining a complaint from the officials.''

Sharmila said she was put under house arrest by the police when she was planning to visit the SIT office to submit a representation over the TSPSC question paper leak issue.

TV channels showed the aggrieved Sharmila purportedly pushing a policeman and also allegedly hitting a woman constable as she is heard questioning the police on why they were stopping her.

As she tried to proceed in a vehicle, police stopped it and prevented her from moving ahead after which she questioned them and argued with them. Police said she squatted on the road. ''We got information that she was planning to hold a protest at the SIT office. There was no permission for it. When the police personnel tried to prevent her, she misbehaved with them and also pushed two of them,'' a senior police official said.

Defending her actions, Sharmila in a statement said, ''It is my responsibility to act in self defence'', and alleged that the police ''behaved rudely'' with her . Asked about the reports that she slapped a woman constable, the official said they were verifying it and added that Sharmila had now been taken into custody.

Sharmila, daughter of former Chief Minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh late Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, had earlier demanded a probe either by the CBI or a sitting judge into the paper leak issue.

Meanwhile, YS Sharmila was sent to 14-day judicial custody by a Hyderabad court for assaulting police personnel on duty.