He was a sports reporter for the ruling party channel, and very close to the minister of that department. His wife is in the Police Department. With all this put together, he is amassing decent money for himself. But greed overtook his conscience. He began taking advantage of the ruling party’s support and extorting money through his channel and authorities. He took it to such an extent that he started entering the commercial spaces and demanding money from them using the names of the police department and the political support. It was during this sequence that he went to a spa center in LB Nagar and demanded lakhs of rupees, hinting that the police will raid the center if they do not pay what he demands.
There is a lot of SOT police surveillance. The reporter made an attempt to intimidate the spa owners into being careful. Frightened by this, the spa operators sent Rs 49,900. But he demanded them to give another Rs 25,000 to the department, adding that the spa people can give him a callback if anyone ever bothers them again. The whole affair was recorded on CCTV at the spa center. An audio of the conversation with them along with a video related to it is currently circulating on social media.
The spa owner has reportedly approached the police on this business. It seems that the police, who have taken all the evidence, have infiltrated the ruling party channel. It is alleged that the ambassador provided the information to the complainant. For years, there have been allegations that TRS leaders have been making money through atrocities. Many suicide incidents are still to be seen in the leaders’ games. People are incensed that the ruling party’s channel reporter is also involved in such blackmailing activities to exploit peoples’ fears.
On the other hand, there is criticism of the way the police are treating each other individually. The FIR alleges that the channel recently lodged a complaint against a cartoonist without any evidence. It is said that the cases were registered against the cartoonist as the politicians were unable to digest basic satires against the institutions. Since the case is registered against the cartoonist with no evidence, the victim got ready to file a defamation case, to avoid which the case was withdrawn. Some time back, Raghu, a Tolivelugu journalist, was illegally kidnapped by the police and they had to face severe criticism from people. It is believed that entire institutions of the police in the state are nothing more than the personal Batallion of the ruling party TRS. It is said that the government is using its power to shield the sports reporter.