Ex-DSP Nalini To Start Telangana Fast

D Nalini, former Deputy Superintendent of Police of Medak town, who put in her papers demanding separate statehood for Telangana, has announced that that she will launch a hunger fast for the same cause at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.

Nalini is demanding that the Centre honour the promise to form a separate Telangana state made by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on December 9, 2009.

Talking to media persons at Progressive Media House at Hyderguda here on Thursday, Nalini said that she had resigned her DSP post in protest against the Centre's inordinate delay in announcing a decision towarsd the creation of Telangana.

Nalini also alleged that she was ill-treated by her superiors hailing from the Seemandhra region for raising the Telangana issue. She said that she underwent a lot of harassment from Seemandhra officers even after she submitted her resignation.

She alleged that the Chief Minister, Home Minister and Director General of Police did not take any action when she complained of harassment.

Stating that she will never join her post until the Centre announces a decision on Telangana, Nalini said that she will agitate for the statehood by taking the support of all organizations and parties. (INN)