Hyderabad, May 28: A defiant Congress MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, who set out on a tour to Warangal district, was today taken into custody and was made to return to Hyderabad after one person was killed in violence that erupted due to opposition to his visit by pro-Telangana agitators.
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The Kadapa MP is returning to Hyderabad after abandoning his ‘Odarpu yatra’ following the death of one person during the violence that erupted in opposition to his tour to Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh, a senior police officer said.
“It appears that one person has died during the violence. But, whether he died in police firing is yet to be established,” a senior police officer of Warangal range, told PTI over phone.
Earlier in the day, Jagan embarked on his seven-day ‘Odarpu yatra’ in Warangal district to console families whose members allegedly committed suicide following the death of his father and late chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy.
–Agencies