Dads are the most ordinary men turned by daughters love into heroes, story-tellers and at times convicts. Recently a father in Telangana took the media by storm for allegedly killing a man who had been earlier arrested for sexually exploiting the former’s daughter.
As the story unfolds, Anusha Reddy used to run a boutique in LB Nagar who met Gunti Rajesh for registration of a plot. On the pretext taking signatures for registration Gunti Rajesh called her home, drugged her and sexually subjugated her. He black mailed her into marriage by showing the pictures of the rape. In 2014, left with no other choice she married him in a temple against the will of her father. This was third marriage of the dreaded criminal who had total of 19 cases reported against him for kidnap, land settlement and rape. He cheated almost 20 woman in the name of love. After realizing that she was duped, Anusha began avoiding Rajesh and went back to her family. He kidnapped her after which Anusha’s father Shyam Sundar Reddy filed a complaint in Chaitanyapuri station in March 2015.
Rajesh was arrested but was out on bail a few days later. Saddened with this development, in the same month Anusha committed suicide by jumping into NagarjunaSagar when the family members took her there on a picnic. Rajesh was sent to jail in June 2015 for a year under Preventive Detention (PD) Act after the death of Anusha and was released in June 2016.
Shyam Sundar Reddy who is also TRS leader and MLA aspirant was waiting to take avenge his daughter’s death. Last week Rajesh and his friend Yugandhar were about to leave the bar, Shyam Sundar and his associates allegedly attacked with knives and stabbed him to death on the same day 27 Feb when Anusha was kidnapped. The incident took place at Mitra bar in Turkayamzal in 2017. The Adibatla Police took the accused into custody and a murder case was registered against the politician and his associates under section 302 of the IPC.
Shyam Sundar celebrated the death of Gunti Rajesh and said such people who cheat woman deserve death. The MLA aspirant is popular politician in Shadnagar area. With this act he proved his love for his daughter is eternal and way more important than his career. Shyam Sunder has shown his worst but is being hailed as best dad by a lot of people. While two wrongs don’t make a right, severe punishments can do a lot for criminal likes Gunti Rajesh and send a message to the rest of people. Society should stop inviting crime, especially when criminals are accepting the invitation.
