Overview
- Police took the suspended legislator into custody on Friday outside the Rajahmundry court after a hearing on a petition to cancel his bail.
- A fresh case filed at Sarpavaram Police Station on April 20 followed complaints from four witnesses who said they were abducted, confined in a Kakinada apartment, offered Rs 1 lakh each, and threatened with death to change their statements.
- Kakinada police formed special teams to find him after he allegedly went into hiding, and they later sidelined the Sarpavaram inspector over failures in the search.
- Prosecutors argue the alleged coercion violates his bail terms and could lead to cancellation, with police saying he will likely be produced before a Kakinada court.
- The case traces back to the May 2022 death of driver V. Subrahmanyam, a Dalit, after an alleged assault over a Rs 20,000 dispute, which the SC/ST Special Court ordered reinvestigated in July 2025 under the new TDP-led government.