Former Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, aides booked after man’s death during rally
The police in Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur district on Sunday filed a first information report against former Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and several of his aides over the death of a 65-year-old man during a YSR Congress Party rally on June 18, The News Minute reported.
Guntur District Superintendent of Police S Satish Kumar said the man Cheeli Singaiah died after being run over by a vehicle in which Jagan Mohan Reddy was travelling during the rally on the national highway near Etukuru village.
The vehicle was part of convoy travelling from Tadepalli to Sattenapalli, where Jagan Mohan Reddy was going to meet the family of a party worker who had died by suicide last year following alleged police harassment.
Singaiah was found by the roadside with injuries and was taken to hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival, The News Minute reported.
Based on a complaint filed by Singaiah’s wife, a case was initially registered under a section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita pertaining to causing death by negligence.
However, after reviewing security camera videos and drone footage, the police invoked sections pertaining to culpable homicide not amounting to murder and abetment.
The FIR names Jagan Mohan Reddy, his driver Ramana Reddy, personal assistant Nageswar Reddy, MP YV Subba Reddy and former ministers Perni Nani and...
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