Flexi creates furore at Challapalli village

Amalapuram: Tension prevailed for some time at Challapalli village of Uppalaguptam mandal in East Godavari district on Wednesday, when an unidentified person hanged a flexi to Gandhi statue abusing Deputy Chief Minister N Chinna Rajappa and some other leaders along with some villagers.

Knowing about this, the villagers slated for rasta roko at Gandhi statue in the village, demanding that the government identify and punish the culprit.

Hearing the news, Amalapuram Deputy Superintendent of Police Ramana and rural inspector Deva Kumar rushed to the spot and convinced the agitating people and assured them to nab the accused.

Later, sniffer dogs also pressed into service and they went to some distance and returned.