WARANGAL: Police have actually signed up a case versus the office-bearers of the Greater Warangal Press Club after a problem was submitted over the supposed demolition of a statue of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar at Subedari Police Station in Hanamkonda.
According to the grievance submitted by Bantu Raj Lenin, the state vice-president of TUWJ (143 ), the event happened on August 7 throughout the demolition of the old substance wall of journalism club structure. The problem declares that the implicated connected ropes around the statue’s neck and pulled it down.
He declared that press club president Vemula Nagaraju, secretary Bollaram Sadaiah, and 2 others was accountable for the damage of the statue, which had actually been set up by residents and members of Ambedkar Colony about 30 years earlier.
Following the grievance, Subedari authorities signed up FIR No. 456/2025 under severe charges, consisting of areas of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
The event has actually exposed enduring internal conflicts within journalism club. The period of the present committee ended in December 2024, however it has actually been implicated of postponing elections and continuing to work for the previous 18 months.
Reporters who found out of the statue’s demolition staged a demonstration and required action versus those accountable. While some reporters submitted a grievance concerning the vandalism, journalism club office-bearers submitted a counter-complaint declaring that the reporters went into the club facilities without consent.
With a case now submitted versus the president and secretary, some reporters are preparing to approach the Human Rights Commission and the SC Commission for more action. The occurrence has actually as soon as again exposed the internal power battles and disputes that have actually afflicted the Greater Warangal Press Club.