Overview
- On Police Commemoration Day, municipal chairman J.C. Prabhakar Reddy accused ASP Rohith Kumar of failing to maintain law and order and announced a plan to collect at least 10,000 signatures against him.
- Rohith Kumar was not present at the meeting where the allegations were made.
- The Anantapur Police Officers Association, led by district president Thriloknath, demanded that the chairman withdraw his remarks and route complaints through higher authorities.
- YSRC district leader Ananta Venkatrami Reddy criticized the TD government and held Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu politically answerable for the episode.
- Reporting notes the ASP continues enforcement actions against criminal elements in Tadipathri, with action said to include several TD leaders.