Redbook governance took Satish Kumar’s life

Tadepalli, Nov 18:Former minister Perni Venkataramaiah (Nani) criticised  Chandrababu Naidu government of smothering truth and engineering a cover-up around the death of former TTD AVSO and CI Satish Kumar, and demanded an independent CBI probe. Nani said it is unacceptable that only one favoured TV channel was allowed near the body for two hours while family members and other media were kept away, and that police reportedly seized Satish’s wife’s phone and cordoned the house without even showing an FIR. He demanded to know why the station house officer, the investigating officer and the SP have not issued any public statements, and why railway officials, TTEs, RPF personnel and the 54 co-passengers in the same A1 coach have not been fully questioned.
Nani pointed to glaring gaps: Satish left home around 7 pm and reportedly reached the station only at 12:50 am — what happened in the intervening hours? If an assault inside the coach was real, why are there no visible bloodstains, why did no passenger report it and why did no railway official file a complaint? He said denying family access to the body identification site and treating the complainant’s family with such secrecy only deepens public suspicion and undermines confidence in the probe.
Nani also condemned the immediate and coordinated propaganda by pro-TDP media and the party’s own website, which labelled the incident a YSRCP conspiracy even before an FIR or post-mortem. He asked why no cases have been registered against those spreading poisonous, divisive material, and why party chiefs who post such content have not been held to account. He warned that arresting opposition voices, like the recent arrest of Karumuri Venkata Reddy, will not silence the facts; the people will record every abuse and judge this government accordingly.
Nani made it clear: whether suicide or murder, the facts must come out. Political theatrics, media trials and secretive policing are unacceptable. He demanded a CBI investigation, full transparency on call data and CCTV, immediate questioning of all on the train and at the stations, return of the seized phone, and that those who fuel hatred and false narratives be prosecuted. The people of Andhra Pradesh, he warned, are watching and will hold the perpetrators to account.