Overview

• Srisailam police registered a case on August 21 naming MLA Budda Rajasekhar Reddy and aide Ashok Routh for the alleged attack and illegal confinement at the Shikharam check-post on August 19.
• Complainants say the MLA drove a department vehicle while the staff were beaten during a late-night drive between Srisailam and Sunnipenta before confinement in a guesthouse and release hours later.
• The four alleged victims are Deputy Forest Officer Ram Naik, beat officers Guruvaiah and Mohan Kumar, and driver Karimullah.
• The forest officers’ association says CCTV recorded the confrontation and it demanded the legislator’s suspension pending action.
• Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu sought a detailed report and ordered an investigation, Forest Minister K. Pawan Kalyan requested a departmental report, and the YSR Congress Party alleged the MLA was intoxicated.