Kadapa, April 16: Unidentified persons vandalised a local office of Congress leader and Union minister of state for Steel A Saipratap ahead of May 8 bypoll here, police said today.
“Some unidentified miscreants stormed the office of the minister on Friday night and damaged the furniture including photos of the national leaders, Circle police Inspector of Chintakomma Dinne Mandal Bali Reddy said.
The minister, who was in Kadapa to participate in filing of nomination papers of the Congress candidate Dr D L Ravindra Reddy for May 8 bypoll to Kadapa Lok Sabha seat said “It (the incident) is not an act of robbery but an intentional one. I do not have any enemies in the district.”
Chintakomma Dinne police have registered a case and investigations are on.
Local Congress leaders, including minister for housing Kanna Lakshiminarayana, have condemned the incident.
–PTI