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A time aft the Telangana High Court rejected the pre-arrest bail petition of Bandi Bageerath successful the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act lawsuit registered against him, teams from the Cyberabad constabulary connected Saturday (May 16, 2026) carried retired searches astatine residences linked to the accused successful Hyderabad and Karimnagar arsenic efforts intensified to hint and apprehend him.
According to Kukatpally Zone DCP Ritiraj, 5 constabulary teams were conducting carnal checks astatine Maitri Residency successful Banjara Hills and astatine the residence of Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar successful Karimnagar successful transportation with the ongoing hunt operation.
Meanwhile, surveillance and method teams proceed to analyse determination coordinates, integer trails and different physics information linked to the accused’s whereabouts.
A ample fig of constabulary officials on with the information unit of the Union Minister were seen extracurricular the residence. Police officials said that upon arrest, the accused would beryllium subjected to mandatory aesculapian introspection procedures earlier being produced earlier a tribunal for remand. The post-arrest formalities volition beryllium carried retired astatine the Petbasheerabad constabulary station.
Investigators besides indicated that determination were discussions astir the anticipation of the accused surrendering earlier the police, though nary authoritative confirmation had been made till Saturday afternoon.
The accused has truthful acold failed to look earlier the Petbasheerabad constabulary contempt being issued notices and aboriginal seeking 2 further days after missing his archetypal scheduled quality connected May 13.
The lawsuit was registered connected May 8 astatine the Petbasheerabad constabulary presumption nether provisions of the POCSO Act pursuing a ailment lodged by the parent of a 17-year-old girl, who accused Bageerath of sexually assaulting and emotionally manipulating her girl implicit respective months.
