Molestation case: AP minister Ravela's son Susheel granted bail

Hyderabad: AP minister Ravela Kishore Babu’s son Ravela Susheel and his driver M. Ramesh were released on bail on Monday. The court granted bail and asked them to pay Rs 10,000 each as deposit and furnish two sureties.

Susheel and Ramesh left Chanchalguda prison on Monday evening.
Susheel and Ramesh were arrested by Banjara Hills police for allegedly harassing a lady teacher while she was returning home from school.

The woman alleged that one Apparao and a person with a tattoo on his hand harassed her and tried to pull her into the car. Later, police found that the tattooed person was Ravela Susheel and the other person was M. Ramesh, who tried to evade the police and gave his name falsely as Apparao.

The CCTV footages collected by the police revealed that Susheel was in the car and had followed the woman. However, Susheel denied the allegations saying that he stopped the car to save a puppy that came in his way.

The duo were produced before court last Sunday and were sent to 14-day judicial custody. Later, they were given two-day police custody and their bail plea was rejected.

Based on Susheel's mobile phone location, police established his presence in the area and seized his vehicle. After the custody when he was produced before court on Friday his bail plea was rejected and hearing postponed to Monday.