Congress leader’s house attacked in Mancherial

Unidentified persons allegedly attacked Congress leader Ankati Srinivas’s house at Venkatrao village in Mancherial on Friday night, damaging a car’s windowpanes and a television. Police have begun an investigation. Srinivas had also alleged that followers of a rival Congress leader kidnapped him.

Mancherial: Unidentified persons attacked the house of Congress leader Ankati Srinivas at Venkatrao village on Friday night.

Police said the miscreants broke open the lock to enter Srinivas’s house and vandalised the windowpanes of a car and a TV. Srinivas and his family members were not present at the house when the incident took place. Police visited the scene and began a probe into the attack.

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Earlier on Friday, Srinivas reiterated that he would support local MLA K Premsagar Rao forever amid rumours that he had joined the faction led by Jaganmohan Rao, a dissenting Congress leader. He alleged that Jaganmohan’s followers had kidnapped him after offering him liquor. He lodged a complaint with the police alleging that he had been abducted.