Friends, today is a bad day for every honest Hyderabadi,
every Indian. Today is the story of one man who fought against the most
hardened criminals-cum-politicians of the city -- those who encroach upon acres
of vacant land illegally and loot hundreds of crores. Today August 15th is the
day when Suresh, my brave colleague at Lok Satta Party, fought against Raju
Yadav, one of the 150 corporators of the city, who allegedly has so far
encroached upon land worth 400 crores.
Suresh makes a living by publishing books and other literary activities. He has another vocation -- a more powerful one. To inspire honest people to join politics. He writes books, sells booklets, pens articles, walks on streets engaging with people.
Yesterday, Suresh called me. He talked about his new adventure -- to save the park in Venkata Ramana colony from being encroached by the local corporator, Raju Yadav. He said that he is conducting a national flag hoisting adjoining the park and during that time, to symbolically pledge to free themselves from the vices of the local corporator. He invited me to the event. Suresh told me that he has been working on this for last 30 days and pointed me to a detailed newsletter that he has published. He said that he was busy distributing 10,000 copies of his newsletter.
Today I went to attend his event organized along with the colony residents. I spent some time there and left. Even TV media had arrived. After one hour, I got a call that he is attacked. I rushed to CARE hospital, when he was in emergency section.
I learnt that after the media left, about 30 to 40 well-built rowdies came to the spot in the colony and beat him. The scared colony residents ran away. Few Lok Satta members could not do anything as they were outnumbered. Rowdies took turns to beat him, all over his body. They left him lying on the ground, suffering in extreme pain. He was left semi-conscious on the wet road.
I learnt that a well-connected well-wisher of Suresh had warned him about the impending attack the previous day. However, as I said earlier, Suresh was a brave man.
Suresh makes a living by publishing books and other literary activities. He has another vocation -- a more powerful one. To inspire honest people to join politics. He writes books, sells booklets, pens articles, walks on streets engaging with people.
Yesterday, Suresh called me. He talked about his new adventure -- to save the park in Venkata Ramana colony from being encroached by the local corporator, Raju Yadav. He said that he is conducting a national flag hoisting adjoining the park and during that time, to symbolically pledge to free themselves from the vices of the local corporator. He invited me to the event. Suresh told me that he has been working on this for last 30 days and pointed me to a detailed newsletter that he has published. He said that he was busy distributing 10,000 copies of his newsletter.
Today I went to attend his event organized along with the colony residents. I spent some time there and left. Even TV media had arrived. After one hour, I got a call that he is attacked. I rushed to CARE hospital, when he was in emergency section.
I learnt that after the media left, about 30 to 40 well-built rowdies came to the spot in the colony and beat him. The scared colony residents ran away. Few Lok Satta members could not do anything as they were outnumbered. Rowdies took turns to beat him, all over his body. They left him lying on the ground, suffering in extreme pain. He was left semi-conscious on the wet road.
I learnt that a well-connected well-wisher of Suresh had warned him about the impending attack the previous day. However, as I said earlier, Suresh was a brave man.
