Hyderabad: Rachakonda police have booked former collector of Ranga Reddy district Amoy Kumar anf former BRS MLA from Ibrahimptnam Manchireddy Kishan Reddy for threatening and using castest slurs against the chairperson of Ibrahimpatnam Muncipality.
Ibrahimpatnam Muncipal chairperson kappari sravanthi alleged that Manchireddy took 2.5crores for the muncipal chairperson election.She alleged that due to her refusal to allow the alienation of municipality lands, the ex-MLA bore a grudge against her. Collector Amoy kumar allegedly called her to his office and threatened to suspend her.
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Kappari Sravanthi belongs to B udagha jangalu Caste and her father-in-laW kappari Laxmaiah was a Sarpanch of Ibrahimpatnam.
In December 2019, the Telangana Election Commision issued a notification for conducting Municipal elections. MLA Manchireddy Kishan Reddy approached them and offered the chairperson position to Sravanthi. In lieu, he demanded Rs. 3 crore.
“Though we did not have sound financial background, to maintain the political legacy, my father -in-law agreed to pays 2.5 crore to MLA. We borrowed money from the private financiers and paid Rs 2.5 crore to MLA. The MLA had assured us that he would not create hurdles in our term. That election was conducted and Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) won 16 out of 24 wards,” she said.
