Overview

• A viral video surfaced on July 14 showing Gangamma bound to an electric pole in Thammiganipalli village of Kuppam constituency
• Police investigations determined that her son Suresh orchestrated the act to elicit sympathy and shift blame onto his stepbrother Manjunath
• Authorities arrested Suresh and registered charges against him for staging the incident and spreading misinformation
• The feud follows the recent death of family patriarch Muneppa and a dispute over property division among children of his two wives
• This incident follows a genuine June case in the same region where a woman was tied to a tree over loan defaults, prompting the chief minister to order relief measures and strengthen rural legal protections