Hyderabad, May 11 -- Women leaders of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) approached the Telangana State Women Commission, demanding an independent probe into the POCSO case against Bandi Sai Bhagirath, son of Union Minister of State for Home Bandi Sanjay Kumar, alleging that police deliberately diluted the charges and shielded the accused from any meaningful action.

In a detailed representation dated May 11, BRS leaders urged the Commission to take immediate cognisance of the matter, accusing police of invoking lesser provisions of the POCSO Act despite the gravity of the allegations, taking no meaningful action against the accused, and swiftly acting on a counter-complaint filed by the accused against the minor victim and her family.

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