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The Vedurukuppam constabulary of Chittoor territory connected Sunday (October 05) nighttime arrested a colony sarpanch for allegedly mounting occurrence to a statue of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar successful Devalampet colony to falsely implicate his rivals and summation idiosyncratic advantage.
The accused, identified arsenic Govindayya, has been booked nether Sections 196(1)(a) and 326(g) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
In the aboriginal hours of October 3, unidentified miscreants torched a thatched store belonging to a pistillate successful Devalampet. The pistillate instantly called Govindayya for help. Instead of alerting authorities, the sarpanch allegedly utilized the concern to his ain advantage.
Police said Govindayya picked up a burning coconut subdivision from the store and acceptable occurrence to the adjacent Ambedkar statue, attempting to task it arsenic an enactment of desecration by his governmental opponents. The mendacious assertion caused little hostility successful the country earlier constabulary rapidly intervened. Superintendent of Police Tushar Dudi rushed to the colony and pacified the agitating villagers, assuring them that the territory medication would regenerate the damaged statue immediately.
Acting connected a ailment from Bommana Palli Panchayat Secretary Ramu, the constabulary registered a lawsuit and launched an probe led by Deputy SP (Nagari) Syed Mohammad Aziz and Karveti Nagaram circle-inspector Hanumanthappa.
SP Tushar Dudi said that the grounds collected by the investigating teams and FSL unit confirmed Govindayya’s involvement.
“Strict enactment volition beryllium taken against anyone who attempts to disturb nationalist bid for idiosyncratic gain,” the SP said. The arrested sarpanch was produced earlier the tribunal connected Monday and was remanded to judicial custody.
