Tension erupts as police goes to search Raj Pakala’s villa, BRS leaders held

Hyderabad: Tension prevailed briefly when the police officials visited Orion Villas in Raidurgam on Sunday in connection with the Janwada farmhouse party case involving Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KTR’s brother-in-law Raj Pakala, who was booked in by the Cyberabad police.

The BRS MLAs, MLCs, and workers obstructed the police officers from discharging their duties. They stopped the officials from entering the residence, claiming the police did not have an arrest warrant.

Heated arguments and chaotic scenes were noticed as the BRS leaders stopped the police from entering KTR’s residence. The police officials were seen trying to break into the protection layer built by the party workers near the entrance of Orion Villas.

BRS MLA KP Vivekanand Goud, former MLA Balka Suman, and 15 others were taken into preventive custody by the police. As Raj Pakala's residence was found locked, the police officials were seen conducting searches at Shailendra Pakala's residence in the presence of a legal authority.

Addressing the reporters, BRS leader Kalvakuntla Sanjay Kumar claimed a section of the media is falsely labelling the house party as a rave party. He accused the chief minister, Revanth Reddy, of revenge politics.

Notably, the Narsingi police in coordination with Cyberabad’s Special Operations Team (SOT) and Excise department officials conducted a raid on a farm house owned by Raj Pakala on Saturday night.

As many as 21 males and 14 females were found at the farm house party where foreign liquor was served to guests without obtaining any permission from the public excise department, according to a statement issued by police. During the raid, officials discovered seven unauthorized foreign liquor and 10 Indian liquor bottles.