HYDERABAD:
Meerpet police have arrested 11 persons with regard to an assault on a
sub-inspector (SI) and four other police personnel.
At 11.45 pm on March 24, a group supporting I Yadaiah, an
independent candidate contesting from Badangpet nagar panchayat, had assaulted Meerpet SI Venkataiah, two constables and an equal number of home guards when police tried to disperse the mob on the road.
After the incident, Meerpet police had registered cases against 34 offenders under various sections of the IPC and 11 of them, including I Yadaiah, I Babaiah, Y Narsimha, Y Purushotham Reddy, Ch Balaswamy, V Narsimha, V Shankaraiah, P Anji Reddy, M Thirupathi Reddy, K Yadaiah and I Rajender from Ambedkar Nagar Colony in Nadergul, were arrested and remanded in judicial custody on Wednesday.
The remaining accused are absconding and a man-hunt was launched to nab them.