Police probing the case related to ‘attempt to murder’ on Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy suspect political rivalry behind the attack.
According to the police, the accused, Vemula Satish Kumar alias Satti, planned to kill Mr. Reddy by hitting him with a stone on April 13. A daily wage labourer, Satish Kumar was a political party activist and planned the conspiracy with another leader, an auto driver in Ajitsingh Nagar, they said.
“The auto driver and Satish Kumar planned the attack on Mr. Jagan in advance. When Satish Kumar hurled the stone on the VIP during the Memantha Siddham election campaign at Dhabakotlu Centre, the auto driver was waiting at some distance,” a police officer investigating the case said.
