When the CID swooped down on Sundaram Block in Ramaraja Nagar on Medchal highway to raid the premises of various Raju family members, the team would have perhaps been surprised at the presence of their own brethren in the same block, which is largely inhabited by the Raju clan.
Residents of Ramaraja Nagar, who have been challenging the Satyam tag on Pet Basheerabad police station, are now pointing fingers at the “close links” between the Raju family and the police personnel who serve at this station. Residents allege that certain officials posted at this police station “live for free” in a plush apartment owned by a Raju clan member.
According to the residents’ association members of this area, K Srinath Reddy and his wife Sita Reddy are one family that has been living in the Sundaram block of the colony for nearly two years. The flat is believed to be “gifted’’ to the family by the Rajus and residents say that the police couple does not even pay maintenance charges for the block, unlike other tenants and owners in the building.
However, K Srinath Reddy vehemently denies such charges. He said that he was not the only police official living in Sundaram block. But, when asked who his flat owner was, he said he didn’t know. “It’s Satyam property. Some manager comes and takes the rent,’’ he said. His wife, Sita Reddy too said that she was a public servant and had nothing to do with any particular family. She added that she was a “normal tenant’’ and that the allegations of the residents were baseless. She said she was shocked to know that keeping “good relations with people’’ was an offence and that she has reached out to the needy through her work life.
Srinath Reddy who was posted as sub-inspector at Pet Basheerabad when the family moved into Ramaraja Nagar was transferred to the Cyberabad commissionerate about eight months back. At around the same time, his wife Sita Reddy who was serving at the Jeedimetla Raod police station, also as SI, was brought to Pet Basheerabad to take Srinath’s place.
Residents allege Sita Reddy’s transfer was not a coincidence but a planned move of the Rajus who wanted to retain control over the police station, through this family.Sources said that the Reddy family may have helped the Rajus in keeping the reins of Ramaraja Nagar in their hands.
“In spite of being a part of the colony, Srinath Reddy never stood up for any of us ever. He rather, always ganged up with Prasad Raju (builder of the colony) against us. Whenever we went to the police station to file a complaint against Prasad Raju, he never entertained us. And before we could realise he would turn the case around and hold us responsible for the mess,” said a member of the association.
With Srinath’s transfer, the residents thought that their miseries would end but that was not to be as his wife soon took charge.
Not denying that the presence of police personnel in a locality owned by the Rajus is highly questionable, senior police officials say that even if they (the Reddys) were just tenants, they should have vacated the place following the whole Satyam fiasco. “It could be that they live there like any other tenant and pay their rent religiously. But the chances of that being true seems rather bleak given that the family is still living there despite the Raju story getting murkier by the day,” said an officer adding that “if it is true that the Reddys are living there for free, it is illegal and should be looked into.”
Apart from the Reddy family another police official, posted at Alwal, is said to have moved into the Sundaram block recently.
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