Hyderabad, August 30: Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Telugu Desam Floor Leader Singi Rreddy Srinivas Reddy on Monday urged Home Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy to take immediate steps to close all gambling dens in the city. He contended that they were destroying lower middle class sections.
In his memorandum submitted, he expressed grave concern at the light of the family members, whose sole bread-earner was succumbing to gambling.
Mr Reddy also alleged that anti-social elements were having a field day as they controlled most of such centres
He said it was only their total closure that would enable the affected families to live a decent livelihood.
——Agencies