Police summon Sajjala in attack on TDP office case

Guntur: Police have summoned YSRCP leader Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy for questioning in the case relating to the 2021 attack on the TDP central office.

Mangalagiri rural police Station has issued notice to the former advisor to the government, directing him to appear at 10.30 am on Thursday.

The police have already questioned some YSRCP leaders in connection with the October 19, 2021 attack on the TDP office.

During the questioning of other YSRCP leaders, the police reportedly found that Ramakrishna Reddy, a party general secretary, may also be involved and have already issued a lookout notice to prevent him from leaving the country.

DGP Ch Dwaraka Tirumala Rao on Tuesday confirmed that the Guntur SP issued a lookout notice against Ramakrishna Reddy in an old case, and that he will be taken into custody soon.

The YSRCP leader was stopped by immigration officials in New Delhi Airport on Monday when he returned from abroad and was on his way to board a flight to Hyderabad. The reason cited was that a lookout notice was issued against him.

The former advisor to the government questioned the officials why there was a lookout notice against him when he returned from abroad and why it was not there when he went abroad. He was later allowed to catch another flight to Hyderabad.

The police chief on Tuesday revealed that five cases, including the attack on the TDP central office, the attack on TDP president and then Leader of the Opposition N Chandrababu Naidu, the attack on Gannavaram TDP office, and the cases on Bollywood actress Kadambari Jethwani, were transferred to the CID from Guntur and NTR commissionerate of police.

A large number of supporters of YSRCP attacked the TDP office on October 19, 2021, after TDP spokesperson Kommareddy Pattabhi Ram had made some objectionable comments against the then chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy.

In September same year, some YSRCP leaders led by party MLA and later minister Jogi Ramesh had also attacked the residence of Chandrababu Naidu.

After the TDP-led National NDA came to power this June, police launched a fresh investigation into both cases.

YSRCP’s former MLC Nandigam Suresh, MLCs Lella Appi Reddy and Talasila Raghuram, and party leader Devineni Avinash were among those named in the TDP office attack case. Police have questioned them a few times.

On October 14, YSRCP student wing leader Panuganti Chaitanya, a key accused in the TDP office attack case, surrendered before a court at Mangalagiri.