The Kuppam rural police on August 27 arrested five Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leaders, including former MLC Gownivari Srinivasulu, in Shantipuram and Ramakuppam mandals, in connection with incidents of stone-pelting and physical attacks resorted to by the TDP and the YSRCP cadres on August 24. So far, the police have booked criminal cases against 20 TDP cadres.
Many activists of the two parties and two sub-inspectors were injured in the episode during the visit of TDP national president N. Chandrababu Naidu to Kolaganipalle village in Ramakuppam. The two sides blamed each other for damaging their respective party banners and other publicity material by the roadside.
