BJP leaders held in Gurrambodu violence released on bail
The Hindu
Several BJP leaders who were remanded in judicial custody, including its Suryapet’s chief Bobba Bhagya Reddy, who was accused one, in Huzurnagar’s Gurrambode Thanda violence last month, were released from Nalgonda District Jail and Huzurnagar sub-jail on Wednesday.
The violent outbreak on February 7, ahead of BJP’s Girijana Bharosa Yatra on the disputed land parcel of 540 survey number at Gurrambodu Thanda, witnessed damage and destruction to private property, and stone pelting, resulting in bleeding injuries to police officials on duty. Subsequently, the police had identified 21 persons as accused, including BJP State chief Bandi Sanjay and Dubbak legislator M. Raghunandan Rao, for rioting and violence.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.