The Nellore police arrested four persons belonging to a loan app firm on charges of harassing Andhra Pradesh Agriculture Minister Kakani Govardhan Reddy and former Irrigation Minister P. Anil Kumar, demanding repayment of loans advanced to some persons allegedly close to the duo.
Superintendent of Police Ch. Vijaya Rao said two cases had been registered in this connection at Balaji Nagar and at Muthukur. Laptops, mobile phones purportedly used to make repeated calls to the two YSRCP leaders have also been seized. A special team has been formed to probe into the cases, the SP said.
Mr. Govardhan Reddy, after interacting with the people of his Sarvepalli Assembly constituency during the ‘Gadapa Gadapaku Mana Prabhuthvam’ programme on Friday, told the media that more than 75 calls demanding payment of ₹9 lakh taken as loan by some person not known to him were received.