Hyderabad: Former TD MP Nama Nageshwara Rao was booked on Saturday for threatening a woman that he would make public her private pictures.
“In due course, I came to know that he is a womaniser and that a harassment case was filed against him in Delhi by a former MLC from Karnataka. When I spoke to Nirmala (the former MLC), she revealed his illegal affairs. When I questioned him about them, he said that it was his hobby and with his money and power he could do anything he wanted,” she alleged.
She alleged that after she asked Mr Nageshwara Rao about his personal life, he developed a grudge and started harassing her.
“He assaulted me several times at my home and threatened that he would make public my naked pictures. He spread a rumour that minister Tummala Nageswara Rao was using me to blackmail him. I opposed this and asked him to clarify that it was false, but he abused me and continued to harass me.” she said.
In the complaint to the Jubilee Hills police on August 10, Ms Ramakrishnan stated that Mr Nageshwara Rao’s brother Seetaiah had sent goons and threatened her son, who studying in Khammam.
“In this regard, I had lodged a complaint with the Jubilee Hills police on July 30. My son and I are getting threat calls from Nageshwara Rao and his brother,” she said, adding that she had submitted the audio and video recordings of the conversations to a sub-inspector at the Jubilee Hills police station. Though the complaint was admitted on August 10, a case was not registered.
Two days later, Mr Seetaiah lodged a complaint stating that Ms Ramakrishnan had come to their office and threatened them and was threatening them over internet calls. That case was registered the same day.
Much before this, Ms Ramakrishnan had lodged a complaint against one Mikkilineni Narender, stating that he was harassing her. She later told her friends that Narender was a follower of the Nama brothers and working on their behalf.
“When I filed a complaint in August, police did not register a case and it was delayed. Many senior TD leaders approached me to withdraw the case. Now that I was planning to approach the court, police came to know of it and hurriedly registered a case.” she said.
ACP Banjara Hills N. Murali said that in her first complaint Ms Ramakrishnan had mentioned only Narender’s name, but she had returned with the names of Mr Nageshwara Rao and Mr Seetaiah and lodged a fresh complaint stating that Narender was acting on their behalf.
“Never in the inquiry of the first case did she tell us this. When we asked her, she said she was scared as they were allegedly spreading rumours against her,” the ACP said.
“We have collected all the audio and video clips and sent them to the Forensic Science Laboratory for analysis. Based on the reports, the investigation will proceed,” the Banjara Hills ACP said.
Nama denies blackmail
TD leader Nama Nageshwara Rao, who was in Tirupati to attend a party meeting, said that his life was like an open book and that he had never threatened or blackmailed anyone.
“I have a helping nature and have never caused harm to anyone. I learnt about this issue just now. I am not aware of the complete picture. What is the political motive behind this will come out and I am ready to face them legally.” Mr Nageshwara Rao said.
