The Telangana police succeeded in ensuring a peaceful conduct of the 2023 Assembly elections, but some of its officers were in the news for all the wrong reasons.
Three police officers, including one in the rank of Superintendent of Police (SP), were suspended on charges of trying to help the BRS candidate in Hyderabad’s Musheerabad during the seizure of cash allegedly meant for influencing voters, a day before polling.
Initially, the police registered a case without specifically naming anyone. An inquiry, however, indicated that the police officers concerned tried to shield the ruling party candidate. Hyderabad Commissioner of Police Sandeep Shandilya sent a report to the Election Commission of India (ECI) and suspended them.
