Post-poll violence: Police throw security blanket in Tadipatri, bring situation under control
The Hindu
Post-poll violence: Police throw security blanket in Tadipatri, bring situation under control. Close to 100 people have so far been arrested and shifted to Kadapa prison. Surveillance stepped up all over Anantapur district. Newly appointed DIG Shemushi takes additional charge as Superintendent of Police.
Four days after post-election violence rocked the region, normalcy returned to Tadipatri town in Anantapur district on May 17 (Friday).
Close to 100 persons were arrested following the violent incidents, and they included the suspects and followers of Tadipatri MLA Kethireddy Peddareddy and Municipal Chairman J.C. Prabhakar Reddy, rowdy-sheeters and those with a criminal background. They were all shifted to the Kadapa Central Jail.
Hundreds of police personnel were deployed at the arterial junctions of Tadipatri and in the surrounding mandals of Yellanur, Putluru, Peddapappuru, Peddavaduguru, and Yadiki in both Tadipatri and neighboring Singanamala Assembly constituency. Barricades and check- posts were arranged at all the entry points to Tadipatri.
The suspension of Superintendent of Police Amit Bardar, Tadipatri Deputy SP C.M. Gangiah, and Tadipatri Circle-Inspector S. Murali Krishna created a flutter in the police circles, while the newly appointed DIG (Anantapur) V. Shemushi took additional charge as Anantapur SP.
An uneasy atmosphere that had prevailed in Tadipatri town on May 13 (polling day) took a sudden twist in the afternoon, with two groups led by Mr. Prabhakar Reddy and Mr. Peddareddy resorted to showing of strength at a polling station.
Tension escalated into violence, as the two sides had resorted to stone-pelting for a couple of hours, resulting in head injury to inspector Muralikrishna and damage to private and police vehicles.
A senior police officer, on condition of anonymity, said that given the violent flare-up, the police deployment should have been strengthened in Tadipatri, but it did not take place immediately.
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