Hyderabad: LB Nagar MLA booked for alleged casteist remarks against Hastinapuram Corporator

The police invoked Sections 3(2)(a), 3(1)(r)(w)(ii) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, read with Section 79 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) against the MLA.

Hyderabad: The LB Nagar police booked a case against, D Sudheer Reddy, LB Nagar MLA for allegedly making remarks referring to the caste of Hastinapuram corporator, Banoth Sujatha Naik.

The police invoked Sections 3(2)(a), 3(1)(r)(w)(ii) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, read with Section 79 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) against the MLA.

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The corporator had lodged a complaint with the police alleging the MLA had abused her using her caste name.