TDP extends support to suspended IPS officer

Hyderabad: TDP has extended support to former intelligence chief of Andhra Pradesh, AB Venkateswara Rao, who was suspended by the Jaganmohan Reddy government.
Repalle TDP MLA Anagani Satya Prasad on Wednesday wrote to the AP chief minister objecting to the treason charges levelled against Rao. He was suspended in connection with alleged irregularities in the purchase of security equipment from Israel.
Satya Prasad said: “The chief minister has been harassing IAS and IPS officers in the last nine months.Former chief secretary LV Prasad was removed from the post. The chief minister is now harassing a senior IPS officer by placing him under suspension and filing treason charges.”
In the letter, the MLA said a recent GO denying payment of wages to policemen who are on vacancy reserve was causing disquiet among cops. “Policemen who are discharging their duties and leaving behind their families to maintain law and order are demoralised with the recent GO... The decision of the government indicates a clear grudge against government employees,” he wrote.
The MLA sought to know as to how the government could justify placing 58 DSPs, over a 100 circle inspectors and 10 additional superintendents under vacancy reserve (VR) and issue a GO stalling their wages if they were on VR for more than three months.