Rajahmundry: On Saturday, Telugu Desam MLA from Tanuku A. Radha Krishna along with eight others was finally booked on charges of wrongful confinement of two police personnel over an issue at Tanuku rural police station in West Godavari.
The MLA and eight others were booked under Sections 341, 342 and 353 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) (Punishment for wrongful confinement).There was a dispute between two Dalit groups, one supported by the ruling TD and the other by the opposition YSR Congress.
On May 18, the Tanuku MLA, A. Radha Krishna, allegedly asked the Iragavaram Sub Inspector, Srinivasa Rao, to meet him at his residence at Relangi village in Iragavaram mandal. Accordingly, SI Rao along with his writer Prateep Kumar met the legislator.
Mr Krishna reportedly found fault with the SI for implicating the Dalits of his party and confined them in the case and failing to book cases against their rival Dalits involved in the dispute. He then allegedly confined the SI and his writer to his residence for some time. The two men were released later after senior police officers intervened.
