Andhra Pradesh: Woman IPS officer, YSRC MLA spar over Tirupati accident
A video showed the Gangadhara Nellore MLA from Chittoor district alleging that the accident appeared to be "managed" as the villagers were fighting the sand mafia in the region.
In Short
- Tirupati rural SP got into an argument with YSR Congress MLA Narayana Swamy when the leader and his followers tried to gherao her at a govt hospital.
- The incident happened late last night, but a purported video of the incident surfaced today.
- The MLA had come to the hospital to stage a protest over the road accident.
Tirupati rural SP R Jayalakshmi got into an argument with YSR Congress MLA Narayana Swamy when the leader and his followers tried to gherao her at a govt hospital.
The incident happened late last night, but a purported video of the incident surfaced today.
In the video, the woman IPS officer is seen shouting at the MLA that she is a uniformed officer and he is intimidating her and preventing her from discharging her duty.
The MLA had come to the hospital to stage a protest over the road accident at Yerpedu that killed 13 persons on Friday.
The video also showed the Chittoor MLA Gangadhara Nellore alleging that the accident appeared to be "managed" as the villagers were fighting the sand mafia in the region.
"What is that you are talking? I have been at the scene...and I have personally supervised the rescue operation.
You have to talk in a just manner. You can't do politics over dead bodies," the furious SP told the MLA and asked him to leave the hospital, as seen in the video.
Amid the din, the MLA tried to accuse the police of a cover up over the accident, but the SP cut him short even as other senior police officers took the legislator away.
Earlier in a major accident 20 people had lost their life and Tirupati SP along with other senior officials were busy in rescue and relief and other procedures.
With inputs from PTI
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