Tirupati: The Tirumala police on Friday took one Srinivasulu, PA of Kurnool legislator S.V. Mohan Reddy for misusing the letterhead of the MLA and selling break darshan and Suprabhata Seva tickets.
Incidentally, the legislator himself faced an uncomfortable situation because of the PA when he went for break darshan during the early hours of Friday.
TTD staff manning the Vaikuntam queue complex denied permission to four relatives accompanying the legislator since their names did not match the names on the tickets issued. The PA admitted that he sold the tickets to someone else when the legislator questioned him on the spot.
Tirumala I-Town police took Srinivasulu into custody based on a complaint by Mr Mohan Reddy. According to sources, he sold the the four tickets for Rs 17,000 and two Suprabhata seva tickets for Rs 5,000.
In similar incident on January 22 this year, letterheads of Tirupati MP V. Varaprasad Rao were misused by Hari, a hawker.
He secured 12 darshan tickets using the letterhead of the MP and sold them for Rs 24,000 to a group of devotees from Karikudi in Tamil Nadu and some working in SV Engineering College at Chittoor.
The issue came to light after vigilance staff noticed the difference in the names and ID proof when the devotees came for darshan.
