Tula Madusudhan Rao, the general secretary of the organization, stated that some individuals were illegally occupying land around the irrigation tank by building apartments and roads in the Jafar Nagar and Hi-Tech City areas. He added that a compound wall surrounding the tank had been demolished to facilitate the encroachment, causing inconvenience to walkers and morning joggers.
Gupta had served as the principal deputy assistant attorney general and head of the Civil Rights Division at the Justice Department in former President Barack Obama's administration when Biden was the Vice President.