Warangal CP AV Ranganath says Bandi Sanjay was rated A1 while Booram Prashant was rated A2 in SSC paper leak case after proper scientific investigation
Post Date – 11:15 PM, Wednesday – 4/5/23
Warangal Police Commissioner AV Ranganath addressed the media on Wednesday.
Warangal: Karimnagar MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar and party activist Booram Prashanth are trying to slander the government by “leaking” the SSC Hindi newspaper. The whole episode happened at the behest of Sanjay. Warangal Police Chief AV Ranganath said Booram Prashanth, a former journalist who is now working with BJP’s NaMo, deliberately spread the paper on social media, mostly WhatsApp groups, with inappropriate intent.
Sanjay and Prashaath have been using WhatsApp to converse and make frequent WhatsApp calls since Monday night, Ranganath said at a news conference at his office on Wednesday.
“Following proper scientific investigation, we have classified Bandi Sanjay as A1 and Prashant as A2. We have arrested four accused including Sanjay and Prashant and five others are absconding. One of the accused is Minor, will appear in juvenile court,” he said.
The CP said Sanjay and Prashanth conspired to defame the government when the Telugu test papers came out on Monday. There were WhatsApp chats between Sanjay and Prashanth alleging that IT Minister KT Rama Rao was the cause of the document leak, he said, adding that the same message was sent after Sanjay talked about Prashanth’s Hindi test paper leak in a press conference. “We have all the evidence,” Ranganath said, adding that they will move the court to ask the police to detain Sanjay for further questioning in the case.
can be arrested without a warrant
Warangal Commissioner AV Ranganath, setting aside his criticism of BJP state president Bandi Sanjay for not having a warrant, made it clear that the police can arrest the accused following the procedure mentioned in Section 41 of the CrPC.
He said they followed due process to arrest Sanjay, the main accused in the case. Ranganath also denied their allegations against BJP leaders and reminded that police had arrested several ruling BRS leaders, including corporate and other party leaders, on charges of land grabbing and other offences.
“After I came here, we arrested leaders, regardless of their political affiliation,” he said.
The Commissioner stated that the circumstances referred to in section 41 were sufficient grounds for arrest. These include the possibility of further malfeasance by the accused as the SSC exam is still ongoing, as the situation could lead to law and order issues, further evidence to be collected as the investigation is not yet complete, and the possibility of tampering with evidence.
What does Section 41 of the CrPC say?
Under Section 41 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) 1973, the police can make an arrest without a warrant.
Any police officer may, without an order from a magistrate and without a warrant, arrest any person in connection with any identifiable offence, or against whom a reasonable complaint has been made, or upon receipt of reliable information, or upon reasonable suspicion , he so cared; or who possessed without lawful justification, the burden of proving which pretext should rest on that person, the section said.
