Five held for burning Ravana effigies depicting CM, minister on Dasara in Siddipet

Five persons were arrested by Koheda police for allegedly setting flexi effigies of Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and BC Welfare Minister Ponnam Prabhakar on fire during Dasara celebrations in Dharma Sagar Pally village of Siddipet district.

Siddipet: Koheda police arrested five persons on charges of setting fire Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and BC Welfare Minister Ponnam Prabhakar flexi banners on Dasara day at Dharma Sagar Pally village. The five persons reportedly had the flexi banners of both the Chief Minister and the Minister printed depicting them in Ravana attire.

While the entire State was celebrating the Dasara festival by setting Ravana effigies ablaze, these youths set the effigies of Revanth and Ponnam on fire on Tuesday night in the village. The videos of the incident went viral on social media.

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Following a complaint from Sarpanch K Chandra Reddy, the Koheda police arrested P Rakesh, L Harish, M Srikanth, G Ajay Kumar, and B Abhisekh. The police also registered a case against the owner of the flexi-printing shop MD Arif. Further investigation is under way.