Hindupur MP Nimmala Kistappa tried to bribe toll officials, offered to pay for damage
Anantapur: Hindupur MP Nimmala Kistappa’s son, Nimmala Ambarish, attacked the staff at Bagepally toll plaza and damaged equipment on Monday.
Sources revealed that the MP, Mr Kristappa, tried to mollify the toll plaza officials by offering to pay for the damage to the property, but the staff informed the MP that his son had attacked them too.
Sources say this is not the first time the MP’s son has had a confrontation with toll plaza staff. A similar incident had happened a few months ago.
Not content with the havoc he had wrought, Mr Ambarish then went to the Bagepally police station and lodged a complaint against the tollgate staff.
Chikaballapur SP and staff rushed the spot after alerted over by the incident. Case A was registered against Mr.Ambarish and his followers. The SP checked about the available CCTv footage at the toll plaza.
Reacting over his son's attitude at the toll plaza, the MP Kristappa observed the toll plaza staff behaviour wasn’t fair and he too faced such embarrassing situation while travelling towards Berngaluru and back.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu ordered an inquiry into the incident after noticed the entire episode based on CCTv footage. Chandrababu is reported to have reprimanded Ambarish after calling his father Kistappa. Ambarish is elder son of Kristappa.
The tollgate organisers were reportedly leaving the vehicles of several leaders though they had no permission at toll plazas of Anantapur, Kurnool and surrounding Karnataka. Vehicles of close aides of Minister Paritala Sunitha, MLAs G.Suryanarayana and other representatives from Kurnool and Kadapa district reportedly permitted relaxation at local tolls. An official observed they were allowing even non permitted vehicles from the side gate to avoid untoward incidents. "An average of 50 vehicles of top leaders was proceeding from toll gates of Anantapur, Kurnool and Bagepalli of Karnataka.
