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Telangana Man Arrested After Alleged Sickle Threat at Drunk-Driving Check

Police say the case highlights firm enforcement of sobriety checkpoints in Manuguru.

Overview

  • Police in Bhadradri Kothagudem say a motorist failed a breath test near the Sammakka-Sarakka Temple with a 0.08% reading.
  • Officers recorded his details for a drunken-driving case and allowed him to leave the checkpoint.
  • Police say he later returned carrying a hunting sickle and tried to attack personnel at the site.
  • Officers overpowered him, registered a case for obstructing duty and attempted attack, and placed him under arrest.
  • He was identified as Solem Nageswara Rao of Thoggudem, produced before a First-Class Judicial Magistrate Court, and remanded to judicial custody.