Adilabad: BJP workers stopped from meeting Jainoor rape survivor

The leaders picked up an argument with police for preventing them from meeting the victim at a police check post established in Utnoor-Jainoor road

Adilabad: Mild tension prevailed for a while when police prevented BJP workers led by Adilabad MP G Nagesh and MLA Payal Shankar on their way to visit the tribal woman who survived a rape and murder attempt in Utnoor mandal centre on Sunday.

The leaders picked up an argument with police for preventing them from meeting the victim at a police check post established in Utnoor-Jainoor road. Police resorted to lathi-charging to stop the leaders, resulting in a tension.

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They were shifted to a police station in Utnoor, from where they were released in the evening.