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The constabulary connected Wednesday arrested a idiosyncratic from Thotapeta village, identified arsenic Seelam Srinivas, successful transportation with the vandalisation of a Shiva Lingam connected the premises of Draksharamam temple analyzable successful Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema territory of Andhra Pradesh precocious connected Monday night.
The Lingam connected the stairs of the temple pond was recovered vandalised connected Tuesday greeting by devotees. The constabulary registered a lawsuit nether Sections 298 and 324 (4) of BNS. The footage of the CCTV installed adjacent the temple showed a idiosyncratic moving suspiciously connected a two-wheeler connected precocious Monday night.
Konaseema District Superintendent of Police Rahul Meena said Srinivas, a autochthonal of Thotapeta, pursued his B. Com successful Draksharamam municipality and is earning his liveihood by making tools and instrumentality similar hammers.
According to police, Srinivas’s neighbour Kalaganda Suribabu, a priest, constructed a drain extracurricular his house, allowing the h2o to travel successful beforehand of Srinivasu’s house. Angered implicit this, Srinivas damaged the drain, which led to predominant arguments betwixt the two.
“Srinivas saw Mr. Suribabu performing poojas to the Lingam astatine the temple pond. With an volition to harm the priest’s reputation, Srinivas vandalised the Lingam,” Mr. Rahul Meena said, adding that Srinivas allegedly damaged the Lingam with a hammer precocious connected Monday night.
The accused claims to beryllium a devotee of Lord Shiva and helium has tattoos of a Shiva Lingam, Lord Vishnu and ‘Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya’ connected his shoulder, the constabulary said.
Earlier, Srinivas allegedly damaged the stairs and the compound partition of the lawyer’s location arsenic the latter, contempt charging ₹3,000, failed to lick a onshore quality for him, the SP said.
Five teams of constabulary unit went done the footage gathered from 50 CCTV cameras earlier arresting Srinivas.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, who is overseas connected a idiosyncratic visit, called Endowments Minister Anam Ramnarayana Reddy precocious Tuesday nighttime to enquire astir the incident.
Mr. Ramnarayana Reddy informed the Chief Minister that a caller Shiva Lingam was consecrated successful spot of the vandalised one.
Mr. Ramnarayana Reddy asked the officials to instrumentality steps to summation information successful the temple precincts to avert specified incidents.
