Overview

• Suspect Beeraka Prakash, 51, from Rajahmundry, struck Eagle Team Constable Feroz on NH-16 near SVGS College Grounds, leaving him with a fractured tooth and hand injuries.
• Circle Inspector K. Sambasiva Rao fired two rounds in self-defense to stop the Maruti Swift, enabling police to seize 22 kg of ganja and arrest the driver.
• Police identified Prakash as a repeat offender with multiple NDPS and IPC cases in East Godavari, Eluru and Nellore districts and listed on a Jeelugumilli police station suspect sheet.
• The operation was led by Balaji Nagar police under the coordination of Additional SP Ch. Soujanya and DSP P. Sindhu Priya with support from the Eagle Cell team.
• Andhra Pradesh Home Minister Vangalapudi Anitha and senior officials praised the officers’ swift action and urged citizens to report drug activity to the Eagle Cell helpline.