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Chandrababu Naidu, national president of Telugu Desam party (TD) and the former Andhra Pradesh chief minister, was booked as the accused number 1 in an attempt to murder case. Other 15 party leaders have also been booked in the case.
He was booked by the Mudiveedu police on Wednesday. The First Information Report (FIR) of the murder case was filed against him by R Umapathy Reddy, leader of Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress party (YSR Congress), in response to the violence that broke out at the Three Roads junction near to Angallu, Annamayya District where Mr. Naidu was addressing a rally on August 4 of this year.
The rally was a part of his “Yudha Bheri” project that aims at highlighting the apparent shortcomings of the Jagan Reddy government relating to the completion of irrigation projects across various districts. These projects were initiated during the tenure of Mr. Naidu serving as the chief minister.
The complaint report mentioned that the supporters of the TD party had attacked a group of YSR Congress leaders who had approached Chandrababu Naidu in an attempt to discuss the withdrawal of cases in relation to a local issue. R Gangadhara Rao who is the district superintendent of Police (SP) had reported that Mr. Naidu instigated the supporters of TD party to attack the YSR Congress party activists with lethal weapons.
Almost 250 people have been accused and 72 amongst them have been arrested by the police against the accusations of assault on police personnel, conspiracy and arson. Had the public present at the Angallu village not intervened, Umapathy Reddy could have been brutally killed by the accused during the violence.
According to the reports, the violent clashes have occurred not just in Angallu but also in Punganur where almost 50 police personnel along with the supporters of both the parties got injured. 13 police officers among the injured have sustained more serious injuries. They are currently receiving treatment at the government hospital in Chittoor district.
Another Complaint against Mr. Naidu
Chandrababu Naidu has been accused as number 7 in yet another complaint case filed by YSRC activist Chand Basha for making provocative statements during the roadshow done in Punganur.. Govardhan Reddy who is the personal assistant of Challa Babu, TD in-charge at Punganur, has been taken into custody by the police and has received a confession related to the responsibility for the violence and chaos that resulted in the two areas where rally was held.
The former chief minister has demanded that the government order a CBI inquiry to look into this incident and find out the real culprit behind the attack on his rally.
