No Violence, Please: DGP To Activists

Director General Of Police V Dinesh Reddy, on Thursday, warned Samaikhyandhra activists of stern action in case they indulge in violence.

On Thursday, there were reports of protestors in Seemandhra vandalizing statues of national leaders like Rajiv Gandhi. For the uninitiated, this spurt of violence is in response to the Centre's decision to carve a separate state of Telangana from Andhra Pradesh.

"No one has the right to infringe on the rights of individuals and create lawlessness. As long as it (sic - the protests) is well within the democratic process, no one will have any objection. It is highly objectionable and unbecoming to indulge in vandalism of the statues of national leaders," the DGP said, adding that all persons found to indulge in such acts would be "very seriously" dealt with. (with inputs from INN)