‘All policemen are not corrupt’

‘All policemen are not corrupt’

The Traffic Head Constable R Sanjeeva Reddy

Minutes after an autorickshaw came to an abrupt halt on the busy stretch of Lakdikapul-Saifabad, a 50-year-old traffic head constable, who was regulating traffic in front of the Director General of Police (DGP)’s office, blew his whistle and said, “Gaadi ko aage lelo” (move the vehicle away). The auto driver, however, called another auto and started hurriedly shifting three bags into it. The cop then called out to the autowallah once again telling him to clear the area. One of the occupants of the auto then walked up to the cop and offered him a bribe to calm down for a while as they were shifting the material. Smelling something fishy, the constable decided to see what the material was. As he opened one of the bags, he was left aghast. It was stuffed with currency bundles! “When the person tried to bribe me, I thought they must be carrying something illegally. As I was checking it, the person fled. I found that the three bags were full of 1,000 rupee bundles,” recalled R Sanjeeva Reddy, the head constable attached to the Saifabad Traffic Police whose presence of mind led the police to a major catch of Rs 6.70 crore of unaccounted money on Wednesday. The day after, however, it was business as usual for Sanjeeva Reddy who got busy with his traffic control duty at the DGP office. “Sir, all policemen are not corrupt. Though I was offered a bribe, I refused to accept it. I warned them of taking the auto to the police station.” When he asked them about the bags, the auto driver and the other person said they were carrying some valuable material for marriage purpose, he said. After the duo fled, he handed over the three cash bags to the chief security officer of the DGP office while alerting his higher ups. Minutes later, higher officials, including additional commissioner of police, Traffic, CV Anand who were in the DGP office came out and verified the contents of the bags much to their astonishment. “Anand sir patted me and appreciated my work. It was a big day in my life,” Sanjeeva Reddy said with a sparkle in his eyes. Sanjeeva Reddy joined the department in 1983 as a constable and worked in the Head Office, CAR, Law and Order wing in Asifnagar police station. He was promoted as head constable and transferred to the Saifabad traffic police station a few years ago.  Senior police are planning to reward Reddy for his outstanding job.

Comments(4)

Country must appreciate Sanjeeva Reddy for his honest duty simply because he is from Middle class.. Because middle class only having good principles and this country to day is progressing means with middle class people only. The poor class (auto drivers will bend to any bribe) the rich class the other person in other end that is the so called owner of the cash belongs to rich class. Our politicians also rich class and their appreciation of Sanjeeva Reddy is not from their heart. People must understand. The statement all police men are not corrupt is correct to some extent

Posted by Mahesh at 11/09/2012 12:31 Reply to this Report 

 

Well done Mr. Reddy. The country needs more people like you. The country is still surviving because there are honest people left who are ready to fight against corruption in an undemonstrative way unlike politicians.

Posted by Vidhi at 11/09/2012 14:46 Reply to this Report abuse

 

Had Mr.Reddy been corrupt he would have become wealthier by demanding more money to allow the auto after seeing the currency.But his conscious never leaned towards the corrupt money but made him a highly responsible,sincere and disciplined HC with moral values.This is a great lesson to all DSPs,IPS officers who earn crores as bribes.I request you to kindly send these mails to Sanjeeva Reddy so that he will be happy to know the public response. Posted by Jayaprakash Katta at 11/09/2012 15:56 Reply to this Report abuse

 

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City airport a safe conduit for drugs?

The two persons, who were caught transporting narcotic substances at the Rajiv Gandhi international airport at Shamshabad here, have confessed that they are professional traffickers in ‘happy tablets’ (Methaqualone) to other countries by air. The two Tamilians, who smuggled drugs many times to other countries by air, chose the city airport which they found to be a ‘safe conduit’ because of lack of thorough checking. A senior officer of the Air Intelligence Unit said the due had transported the Methaqualone drug from airports in Goa and Bangalore in the past but chose the Hyderabad airport this time to transport the drug as they thought customs check here was a little lax. But luck did not favour them in their maiden attempt here as the customs officials nabbed them and recovered huge quantities of the depressant from them. Customs officials collected valuable information from the accused and alerted the Bangalore, Chennai and Goa airport officials about the possible drug smuggling by cargo flights from those airports by the gang. They provided the names and other details of the gang to their counterparts. The accused, Rakhi McGuinness (28) and  Abhilash Vijayan (30), were detained at the RGIA while they were about to board a Kualalumpur-bound flight carrying 10 kg of Methaqualone. Police seized the narcotic substance from them.  Another senior officer from one of the investigation agencies said many companies  manufacture Methaqualone for medical usage. Consumption of just one tablet of  Methaqualone gives a heavy sedation.

Saturday 15 September 2012

Fifth-time punishment claimed schoolboy’s life

Mohammed Ismail, the Class X student who died after he was made to do 600 sit-ups by his class teacher, had been subjected to a similar punishment four times earlier, his family members have alleged. The family has now demanded closure of the school even as they are yet to come to terms with the loss. "It was the fifth time that this kind of corporal punishment was given to Ismail by the class teacher. Initially, Ismail never reported the incidents to his parents due to fear. It was only while undergoing treatment at the hospital that he told his parents about the cruel punishment,'' his uncle, Mohammed Abdul Hussain, told Express. Siddique Hussain, Ismail's father, had brought his son to Hyderabad from Dubai a few years ago. "Hussain wanted to provide quality education to his son and wanted him to learn the family culture and customs," said the relative. "As fate had it, days after he reached Hyderabad, Ismail met with an accident in which his legs were damaged. During the course of surgery, doctors put a rod in one of the legs which enabled him to walk. With the class teacher making him do more than 600 sit-ups, his leg could not take the strain and he fell ill and could not walk. Initially, we did not know that Ismail had been punished in this manner and we thought it was only fever," Hussain said.  He alleged that Royal Embassy High School chairman Adil was bringing pressure on police officers and trying to save the teacher, Mubin, who imposed the corporal punishment on the student. "When kids make mistakes in classrooms, the teacher should inform their parents. Why should teachers take the harsh decision to award corporal punishment? Who is responsible for the death of Ismail?'' he asked. Ismail's cousin Md Mukkaram said, "By the time we reached the school, police forces had already been deployed there. We suspect the school chairman is trying to hide the teacher," he added.

‘Astrologer’s prediction disturbed principal’

Aurora PG and Degree College principal Ravi Paturi, who committed suicide on Friday by jumping into Hussain Sagar lake, had recently approached an astrologer seeking advice for his problems. The sooth-sayer predicted that Ravi would meet a hazardous road accident shortly.  That got Ravi worried and he started following all advices given to him to ‘avoid’ the accident.  It disturbed him so much, that the man who had motivated and counselled thousands of young minds against committing suicide, had jumped to his own death.  “Since college, Ravi had a strong personality and was very intelligent.  Those factors attracted me towards him. We had a love-cumarranged marriage and have three daughters,” an inconsolable Megha Malini, Ravi’s wife, said.  Megha tried her best to divert him from superstitions, but Ravi followed all principles of astrology and even read related books.  As Express reached his flat located at Vijaypuri Colony in Tarnaka, Ravi’s youngest daughter, 5-year-old Vidusha, was playing with her elder sister Sukrithi. Her uncle had told her that her “papa would come home shortly to play with them. ” Ravi’s eldest daughter Varthiya, an intermediate first year student, was consoling her mother who was weeping in front of Ravi’s photo.  He was supposed to leave for Kolkata and Singapore to attend a conference. Tearfully, Megha recalled the recent past when the couple had discussed Vidusha’s birthday celebrations that would be held next Monday. He even promised to come home on Sunday from Kolkata to celebrate his daughter’s birthday.  The incident took place on Friday, when Ravi had handed over his car keys to the apartment watchman and gone out.  He took the auto-rickshaw of Chandra Reddy, a driver known to the family and resides in the same Vijaypuri Colony, and rushed to Necklace Road.  After reaching the place, Ravi gave his gold ring, chain and debit cards to Reddy and asked him to hand them over to his wife. When he handed over Ravi’s belongings to Megha, she suspected something wrong and rushed to the spot.  She searched for him all over at the necklace road but in vain.  A day later, Megha received a call from police stating that a body was retrieved from the lake. When they went to the place for indentification, their worst fears came true.  “The suicide has shattered our lives.  We achieve nothing with suicides.  Even though Ravi was a great motivator to many young minds, he left my life dark by leaving me alone,” Megha lamented. Ravi, a native of Adoni in Kurnool district, pursued higher education in Osmania University till 1988 and received three gold medals.

Monday 3 September 2012

Love Drove Mumbai Gangster to Kidnap Girls

One Antony, who is leading a gang in Mumbai, is believed to be the mastermind behind the abduction of the four girls from a rehabilitation home here where they were lodged after their rescue from flesh trade. Antony, who happens to be the boyfriend of one of the four girls, led the operation and took them to Mumbai by air. A day after the daring kidnap at the rehab centre, being run by Ujjwala, an NGO, at Ramanthapur in Cyberabad police commissionerate limits, four police teams comprising senior police officials left for Mumbai and Kolkata in search of the kidnappers. A brothel organiser Sai, whom the police took into custody in connection with the kidnap, revealed that the Mumbai gangster was involved in the kidnapping. Sai, a resident of Krishnanagar in Yousufguda, had earlier been arrested by the Kukatpally police in a flesh racket case. Police raided his house and rescued the four girls who were kidnapped on Saturday. Uppal inspector Lakshmikanth Reddy told Express that Antony is a friend of Seema, one of the four girls. ``Antony used to visit the centre to meet Seema. The rehab centre officials confirmed that Antony had met Seema several times. He used to tell them that he is her brother-in-law,'' the inspector added. Meanwhile, police visited airline agents' offices in the city and spoke to passengers who flew to Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai  friom Hyderabad. ``Soon on receiving information about the kidnap,  we alerted our men on the  Maharashtra border but did not get any lead. We suspect that the kidnappers took the girls to Mumbai by flight,''  police said. It is also learnt that Antony requested the rehab centre to send his girl friend away with him and that he would submit papers and undertaking that he would take care of her. But, the staff asked him to take court permission by submitting documents establishing his relationship with Seema. A few days ago, Seema had made calls to Antony and requested him to take her away from the rehab centre. ``We have collected call data of Seema's mobile. We are sure of arresting the guilty," Lakshmikanth Reddy said. Of the four, Seema belongs to Hyderabad,  Salima to Mumbai and Zareena and Latha to Kolkata. Interestingly, the family of Seema was not interested to take her back home from the centre. With the girls having stayed at the centre for six months, police approached Seema's family members and requested them to take her back into their fold but the family turned down the request of the police. The girls, who are aged between 16 and 20, had been rescued from flesh trade by the Kukatpally and Miyapur police and were accommodated at the rehabilitation centre at Ramanthapur after producing them in a court six months ago.

NRI Techie Booked for Tormenting Wife

An Australia-based techie, who hails from the city and is accused of having extra-marital affairs, is in the dock after his wife, Santoshi Sujana, approached the court accusing him and his mother of harassing her for more dowry, intimidating her and leaving her to fend for herself on the streets of Sydney. Following the directions from the court, the women police station at Begumpet registered a case and are investigating into the matter. Santosh Raj Dharanikota, 32, allegedly returned to the city abandoning her wife Santoshi, 24, in Sydney. She was forced to spend three months at John Harris Women Refusal Home there. Her ordeal came to an end when the Telugus settled there came forward to help her obtain a visa and a flight ticket to Hyderabad. Soon after she arrived at the city, she filed a petition in the court against her husband on Monday. The court ordered the Begumpet Women's Police Station to register a domestic violence case against Santosh Raj the same day, which followed the court orders on Wednesday evening.

FIRST PERSON ACCOUNT: I was married to Santosh Raj, a manager in Deloitte Corporate Consulting Services in Sydney, on December 21, 2008 in Visakhapatnam. My parents had paid them a dowry of Rs 15 Lakh cash, 20 tola gold ornaments and household items worth of Rs 2 lakh, as was demanded by them. Soon after I shifted to their house at Sitafalmandi, Santosh and his mother Uma started harassing me for an additional dowry of Rs 5 Lakh. After staying in their house for a year, I shifted to the US with my husband where I stayed till September, 2010. Soon after my return to India, the harassment started again, only this time it was more physical than verbal. I had to bear this for over a year, till we left for Sydney. My husband abandoned me there on the pretext of his father's sudden demise. By then, I had come to know about his affairs and we had regular heated arguments over this. Left alone, I joined the Women Refusal Centre in Sydney. The Telugu Association collected money from the Telugu people living there and arranged a flight ticket and visa for me. After returning back to Hyderabad, I went to their house, only to be humiliated by  my husband and my mother-in-law. They threw all my belongings on the street and forced me out, threatening me of dire consequences if I return again. In a bid to seek justice, I approached the women's police station at Begumpet and lodged a complaint against my Santosh and Uma. But, the police was reluctant to take any action as it was a 'family matter' and advised me to approach the court, which I did. I demand the police to seize his passport as he is planning to leave the country and urge them to take action against my tormentors.

INVESTIGATION: Inspector of the Women Police Station, Begumpet K Sridevi said that they have received a complaint from the victim and registered cases under section 498 (A) (dowry harassment) and 506 (Punishment for criminal intimidation) of IPC and section 4 and 6 of Dowry Prohibition (DP) Act against the accused Santosh Raj and his mother Uma. They also recorded Santoshi's statement and have questioned Uma. The investigation is on.

IIT student: Nehru Would have been Readmitted

Fate being a cruel tease, it came to light Saturday that Vadithya Nehru, the IIT-Kanpur student who took his own life Thursday upon being rusticated by his institute, would have been reinstated if only he had asked to be. The dean of student affairs at IIT-Kanpur, A K Ghose, told Express on the telephone that Nehru had been one of 24 students who were struck from the rolls for failing to show a satisfactory performance in their first year.  All of them volunteered for counselling and sought readmission.  And they were readmitted with corrective recommendations.  All except Nehru. Ghose said, “We give a chance to terminated students to apply again to resume their courses.  All the terminated students came back with their parents and applied for readmission.  We gave them counselling and recommended yoga classes to them.  They are all back in class, except Nehru.  I don’t know what happened to him. His brother came to campus and took him away.” The shocking suicide of the 20-year-old student moved the people of his tanda in Nalgonda district to take a pledge never to take their own lives.  In death if not in life, the boy did finally fulfill his father’s wish that he be of service to Narlaga tanda. Hundreds of villagers, many from Nehru’s tanda and many dozens from hamlets all around, gathered in Narlaga for the funeral of the 20-year-old boy who so tragically carried the burden of their aspirations. They vowed to provide assistance to Nehru’s parents, Ramana and Panni.  “We thought we must take this pledge to send a message to youngsters in our tanda.  Several of them dream of pursuing higher education. We want them to know that it’s not alright to take one’s own life,’’ said V Venkat Ram, a tanda resident and headmaster of the local school. Numb with grief, the boy’s father Vadithya Ramana and Panni watched impassively as their neighbours took the pledge. Still only on the edge of coherence, Ramana -- fan of Jawaharlal Nehru, and dreamer of his son’s dreams - said he is determined to go to the IIT-Kanpur campus to know what that led his boy to think there was no hope.  Venkat Ram said they would like to know what kind of counseling IIT-Kanpur had for bright students who fell behind, such as Nehru.  “We want to know if he could have been saved,” he said.