Nirmal: Groups of rival parties allege attacks

Nirmal: Two groups owing allegiance to TRS candidate Allola Indrakaran Reddy and Eleti Maheshwar Reddy of the Congress staged protests in front of the police station alleging that they had been attacked by the other. The protest which started on Wednesday night went on till dawn on Thursday. Police deployed additional forces as a precautionary measure.

Mr Maheshwar Reddy alleged that the relatives of the minister had come to his house at midnight to attack him, but fled when his supporters pelted stones at them.

Mr Indrakaran Reddy refuted the allegation and claimed that the Congress candidate's supporters had attacked his activists.