Kadapa, February 28: Kadapa One Town police registered a case of criminal intimidation and kidnap against former Kadapa Mayor P. Raveendranatha Reddy and Kadapa Market Committee Chairman P. Balamalla Reddy and some former municipal corporators, owing allegiance to former Kadapa MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy group and arrested five of them around Saturday midnight.
The police swooped on the houses of some leaders of Jagan’s group and arrested them on charges of kidnapping Venkatasubbaiah, husband of Kolumulopalle MPTC member Venkatalakshmamma and Baba Fakruddin, son of Kampalle MPTC member Shaik Imam Bi. Meanwhile, at a press conference, Rayachoti MLA, G. Srikanth Reddy and Jammalamdugu MLA, C. Adinarayan Reddy said Venkatsubbaiah and Fakruddin Sharief, denied the charge and claimed to have gone to Hyderabad on personal work.
-Agencies