Tension in Kuppam after arrest of TDP leaders
The Hindu
Leaders camping for civic poll campaign rounded up and shifted to Chittoor
High drama was witnessed in Kuppam following the arrest of senior TDP leaders late on Tuesday night and shifting them to Chittoor. The police said the TDP leaders were served notices under Section 41 (A) of the CrPC., before being shifted to Chittoor with a condition that those who were not native of Kuppam municipality should not enter the area till the elections were over.
On the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, a contingent of police from Palamaner and Kuppam sub-divisions reached a private guest house in Kuppam, where TDP’s Palakollu MLA N. Ramanaidu, former Minister N. Amarnatha Reddy, Chittoor parliamentary constituency president P. Nani and others were camping as part of organising the campaign for the Kuppam municipal polls, scheduled for November 15. In Chittoor, TDP MLC B.N. Rajasimhulu was also confined to his house. The B.V. Reddy Colony in Chittoor was brought under heavy police cover as most of the senior TDP leaders are residents of the area.