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The ongoing rift betwixt Telangana Endowments and Forest Minister Konda Surekha’s household and different Congress leaders — including Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy — appears to person deepened with caller allegations made by Konda Sushmitha, girl of Surekha and erstwhile MLC Konda Muralidhar Rao. The incidental besides led to a precocious drama.
The incidental occurred erstwhile police successful plain apparel reportedly tried to instrumentality Surekha’s erstwhile OSD, N. Sumanth, into custody precocious connected Wednesday (October 15) from the Minister’s residence astatine Gayatri Hills, Jubilee Hills, successful Hyderabad.
He is said to person threatened an industrialist astatine weapon constituent and was removed arsenic OSD to the Minister.
The removal and attempted apprehension of Sumanth are besides being seen arsenic a fallout of the differences betwixt Ms. Surekha and Mr. Srinivas Reddy implicit the ₹71-crore declaration for Medaram Jatara works. She had earlier complained to the enactment enactment that Mr. Srinivas Reddy was getting progressive successful her section works.
After noticing constabulary officers successful plain clothes, Ms. Sushmitha came downstairs and engaged successful a verbal duel with 1 of them, questioning their beingness astatine the location successful mufti. Though the officers identified themselves arsenic constabulary and said they had travel to instrumentality Sumanth into custody, she refused to fto them in. She went unrecorded connected societal media, alleging that a conception of Congress leaders from the ‘Reddy community’ and Dalit MLA Kariyam Srihari person been targeting her family.
It is learnt that Sumanth near successful a car with Minister Konda Surekha aft the constabulary reached her residence.
In a video shared connected societal media, Ms. Sushmitha alleged that immoderate elder Congress leaders were down attempts to malign her family, claiming her parents were being targeted arsenic portion of a conspiracy. She besides claimed that her father’s gunman had already been removed. “My begetter is facing threats to his life. How tin they standard down his security?” she asked.
Meanwhile, the Forest Minister’s hubby and erstwhile MLC, Mr. Muralidhar Rao, connected Thursday feigned ignorance.Speaking to mediapersons astatine his residence successful Hanamkonda, helium said, “I person nary thought astir what happened successful Hyderabad past night. I besides bash not cognize astir Konda Surekha’s erstwhile OSD Sumanth’s episode.” He, however, said that Sushmitha has each close to explicit her opinion. “She does not clasp immoderate presumption successful the Congress party,” helium said, adding that helium had nary issues with Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy.
