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The Ballari Police connected Sunday arrested 26 persons successful transportation with the clash betwixt supporters of Ballari MLA Nara Bharath Reddy and Gangavati MLA Gali Janardhana Reddy precocious connected Thursday (January 1, 2026), which led to the decease of Congress idiosyncratic Rajashekhar Reddy and near a constabulary officer, constabulary unit and respective members of the nationalist injured.
Police sources said the arrested persons belonged to some groups progressive successful the clash.
According to a property merchandise issued by the Ballari territory police, six cases person been registered astatine the Brucepet Police Station successful transportation with the incidental and are nether investigation.
“Based connected grounds collected during the probe, including video footage and different material, 26 accused person been identified, traced and arrested truthful far. All the arrested persons person been produced earlier the court,” the bureau of the Superintendent of Police said.
The constabulary said probe into the remaining aspects of the cases was continuing and further enactment would beryllium taken based connected the result of the probe.
Speaking to mediapersons astatine his residence connected Sunday, Mr. Janardhana Reddy alleged superior lapses successful allowing equipped backstage information unit to run successful nationalist places without due disclosure to the authorities. He said helium would manus implicit the 3 bullets recovered from the spot to a constabulary squad investigating the lawsuit arsenic per procedure.
The unit broke retired extracurricular the residence of Mr. Janardhana Reddy connected Siruguppa Road successful the Avvambhavi country pursuing a heated speech betwixt Congress and BJP supporters implicit the installation of banners and buntings successful transportation with the unveiling of the Maharshi Valmiki statue astatine Valmiki Circle, which was scheduled for January 3.
What began arsenic a verbal altercation soon escalated into a full-scale radical clash involving stone-pelting and firing by backstage gunmen, resulting successful the decease of Rajashekhar Reddy.
