Visakhapatnam: Angry locals set fire to police station
Sarveswara Rao belongs to the Valmiki section of tribals and Soma to the Kondadora group, both of which are powerful and dominant communities.
Visakhapatnam: Irate locals ransacked and set fire to the Dumbriguda and Araku Valley police stations in Vizag Agency on Sunday after Maoists gunned down TD legislator Kidari Sarveswara Rao and former MLA Siveri Soma.
Sarveswara Rao belongs to the Valmiki section of tribals and Soma to the Kondadora group, both of which are powerful and dominant communities. Stating that police negligence was responsible for the murders, tribals from parts of Dumbriguda mandal reached the police station, damaged the furniture and computers and set it on fire.
Sources said the locals also damaged furniture in the Araku Valley police station, staged a massive protest and tried to attack the police personnel. A senior police officer on condition of anonymity said that the mob set fire to 60 vehicles and smashed furniture at both the police stations.
The police was outnumbered and did not take any action.
A tense situation prevailed in Vizag Agency and the locals demanding that collector Pravin Kumar and police officials explain how the two politicains were killed. The mob pelted stones, resulting in injuries to about five police officers.