Hyderabad, May 21 -- Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has affirmed that the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) case accused Bandi Bageerath was taken into custody at Appa Junction during a vehicle search by police

Rejecting Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay's claim that he made his son Bageerath surrender before the police, Revanth Reddy said that if it was a surrender, the former would have turned him in at his residence, and not on the main road at Appa Junction.

"Is Appa Junction the residence of Bandi Sanjay?" he asked, making it clear that he would believe the version of the police and not that of any politician.

With regard to the POCSO case against Bageerath, Revanth Reddy said that a...