Huzurabad MLA Padi Kaushik Reddy, who had joined the Dalits by taking up their issue, was manhandled and literally dragged away by the police from the protest venue, following which he developed chest pain and was admitted to hospital
Kaushik Reddy had alleged that Transport and BC Welfare Minister Ponnam Prabhakar was earning huge amounts by illegally transporting fly ash from NTPC Ramagundam to Khammam.