Hyderabad: Police book MLA Arekapudi Gandhi, corporator Goud for `attempting to murder’ BRS MLA Kaushik Reddy

Hyderabad: Cyberabad police have booked Serilingampally MLA Arekapudi Gandhi, corporator Venkatesh Goud, and others for allegedly attempting to kill BRS MLA Padi Kaushik Reddy,

This follows a formal complaint by Kaushik Reddy against Arekapudi Gandhi and others.

Police registered the case under section 109(1),189,191(2),191(3),132,329,333,324(4),324(5),351(2), r/w 190 BNS, which were related to criminal trespass, rioting, unlawful assembly, property damage, and attempted murder against Gandhi and others.

In his complaint, Kaushik Reddy said that on September 11, he had addressed a press conference about the election of PAC Chairman in the Telangana Assembly and the disqualification of three MLAs who defected from the BRS to the Congress in violation of anti-defection law.

“As MLA Gandhi claimed that he was still in the BRS party, I said I visit his house to welcome him. I will accompany him to Telangana Bhawan and party president K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR). On September 12 at about 7 am, the policemen were placed in the premises of my house,” Kaushik Reddy said.

Kaushik Reddy said that in the meantime, Gandhi held a press conference and stated: “If Kaushik Reddy is not coming, I will go to his house. His son declared that he would kill him at his house.”

Accordingly Gandhi, along with his son, co-brother, Venkatesh Goud, Miyapur corporator Srikanth, and his henchmen formed a mob and criminally trespassed into the residential house of Kaushik Reddy by breaking open the gate. The mob even threw stones, tomatoes, eggs, chappals and broke the flower pots, and damaged the house of Kaushik Reddy. Further, they also tried to reach him by breaking his bedroom window.

Police have entrusted the case to Gachibowli SI Mahender Reddy for thorough investigation.