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MLA K E Prabhakar arrested

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MLA K E Prabhakar arrested
MLA K E Prabhakar arrested

Kurnool, Jan 11: Senior  Telugu Desam party leader and MLA  of Prattikonda in Kurnool  district, K E Prabhakar was arrested here on the charges of assaulting a Sub-Inspector of Police  in the wee hours of Monday.A case was filed against K E Prabhakr on the charges of assaulting a police official on duty during the Krishnagiri Single window elections.The arrested MLA was shifted to Dhone. On hearing the news of his arrest, a large number of Tdp supporters thronged his residence and protested against the pollice action.

Following a scuffle between the police and the Tdp supporters, tension prevailed at the MLA’s house in Kurnool.K E Prabhakar, reacting to his arrest, said the Government was trying to suppress him politically and has resorted to this kind of tactics. ``In an impulse,  I assaulted the SI sometime back during the single window elections in Krishnagiri. But arresting me now, citing a past incident is illogical,’’ he added.It is learnt that cases were registered against K E Prabhakar for assaulting cooperative official Nagalingeswari on October 1, 2009.

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