CM calls on Shankar Rao

Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Monday called on former minister Dr P Shankar Rao who is not keeping well.

It is understood that Shankar Rao has asked the Chief Minister to constitute a House Committee to probe into the circumstances leading to his arrest. Shankar Rao was sitting in Speaker Nadendla Manohar's chambers when the Chief Minister met him.

Shankar Rao was arrested by city police in a land dispute case and the incident has created ruckus in the political circles. The police ordered an inquiry, which concluded that Dr P Shankar Rao did not cooperate when police approached him in the case.