Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national general secretary N. Lokesh has demanded the immediate arrest of YSRCP Rajanagaram MLA Jakkampudi Raja for allegedly slapping T. Surya Kiran, an assistant executive engineer of the Polavaram project in East Godavari district.
In a statement on Thursday, Mr. Lokesh said the MLA had slapped the engineer in the presence of Polavaram Irrigation Project Left Main Canal (PIPLMC) Circle Superintendent Engineer B.S.S. Yadav, Irrigation SE D. Rambabu and PIPLMC sub-division-1 SE M. Srinivasa Rao at the R&B guest house in Rajamahendravaram on Wednesday.
The senior officials, instead of trying to stop Mr. Raja, mounted pressure on Mr. Surya Kiran not to file a police complaint against him, Mr. Lokesh alleged.
