VIJAYAWADA: AP director general of Police R.P. Thakur said that the man who had attacked YSRC president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy had done so for publicity.
Mr Thakur said the attacker, J. Srinivasa, belonged to Dhaniyalapalli of Amalapuram mandal of East Godavari district. He was working at the Fusion Foods restaurants at the airport for a year.
The DGP explained that Mr Reddy came to the airport at about 12 noon. Srinivasa offered him and went up to him again at about 12.30 pm with a cup of coffee.
Srinivasa, the attacker, went up to Mr Reddy again after some time and asked him for a selfie, Mr Thakur said. He extended his left hand to take a selfie, and simultaneously pulled out the knife from his pocket using his right hand. He stabbed him on his left arm.
CISF assistant commandant Dinesh Kumar and Mr Reddy's gunmen responded swiftly, caught Srinivasa and handed him over to CISF officials. He said that after first aid Mr Reddy left for Hyderabad.
He said that the CISF looks after security in the airport, and the police was in touch with Mr Dinesh Kumar and other officials about the incident. He said that the police had found a nine-page letter with Srinivasa and had started its investigation.
He said that the police would increase security Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy’s security according to the need. The DGP said a Special Investigation Team headed by ACP North, Visakhapatnam, Nageswara Rao was constituted to investigate the attack.
