The State Human Rights Commission on Monday directed thepolice to
investigate the rape of a minor girl at the poultry farm owned by
Tollywood producer Bandla Ganesh.
The commission has asked the superintendent of police, Mahabubnagar, to submit a report by September 24 on the action taken against the culprits and the allegations of attempts to 'shield' them.
The commission was responding to a petition filed by a city-based advocate who expressed concern over the alleged police lenience towards the offenders since they work for Ganesh, a film producer who is known for his strong political connections. The case grabbed spotlight after it was learnt that Ganesh owns the Parameshwara poultry farms where the incident took place last week.
According to the parents of the nine-year-old farmhand, the incident happened at the poultry farm located at Jedcherla of Mahbubnagar district, where the girl was raped by one Srinu, who also works at the same farm. The victim's family hails from Kurnool district and are employed at the farm. The parents lodged a police complaint on Monday after the girl disclosed the outrage.
"No concrete action has been taken even though a minor girl has been raped," said the petitioner, Somaraju. "The police should have slapped a case under the Nirbhaya Act on the offender by now. But they have not even started investigation."
The petitioner also demanded that the producer be booked for encouraging child labour.
"Producer Ganesh and those who own the farm should be booked under Prevention of Child Labour Act. How can they make a 9-yearold work and still get away with it?" said Somaraju. Repeated attempts to contact Ganesh for his version of the story failed. Ganesh had recently produced the Pawan Kalyan-starrer Gabbar Singh and NTR-starrer Baadshah, both runaway hits.
source: indiatimes.com