High tension gripped Tadipatri in Anantapur district on May 15 (Wednesday) after the police swooped on the houses of Municipal Chairman and TDP leader J.C. Prabhakar Reddy and YSRCP MLA Kethireddy Peddareddy in the early hours and shifted the leaders out the town.
According to the police, the operation was conducted to restore normalcy in the town that witnessed the supporters of both leaders resorting to violence since May 13 (Tuesday), the polling day.
The pre-dawn operation on May 14 witnessed a mild lathi-charge at the residences of both leaders in which two supporters of Mr. Prabhakar Reddy were injured. Another youth, identified as Kiran Kumar, a supporter of Mr. Prabhakar Reddy’s family, received critical injuries when a batch of unidentified persons, reportedly the supporters of the YSRCP MLA, attacked him with sticks and knives. He was rushed to the government district headquarters hospital in Anantapur.
