Andhra MLA Arrested On Charge Of Killing His Driver: Police

The Police claimed that the MLC and the driver V Subrahmanyam entered into an argument on May 19 over Rs 20,000 still owed to the legislator.

Ruling YSR Congress MLC Ananta Satya Uday Bhaskar was arrested in Andhra Pradesh's Kakinada district on Monday for allegedly murdering his former driver four days ago, a senior police officer said.

At a press conference late in the night, Kakinada district Superintendent of Police M Ravindranath Babu said, "Based on his confessional statement, technical data and other evidence collected, we arrested the legislator for his involvement in the murder. He was also charged with screening of evidence, as he sought to portray the murder as an accident." The SP claimed that the MLC and the driver V Subrahmanyam entered into an argument, near Mr Bhaskar's apartment complex on the night of May 19, over Rs 20,000 still owed to the legislator.

"During the course of this argument, Mr Bhaskar hit Subrahmanyam and shoved him, following which the latter, who was in an inebriated condition, fell on an iron grill and sustained a head injury. The MLC tried to take him to hospital but doctors were not available in some hospitals in the area. Subsequently, Subrahmanyam succumbed to the injuries," the SP claimed.

The legislator then tried to project it as a road accident as "Subrahmanyam was known to commit accidents when drunk," the SP added.