YSRCP workers attack MLA Talari Venkat Rao, suffered injuries

Eluru: Opponents hacked G. Kothapalli village president Ganji Prasad to death in the early hours of Saturday. Coming to know about the murder, Gopalapuram YSRCP MLA Talari Venkat Rao has visited the village in Dwaraka Tirumala mandal around 9 am. The YSRCP workers were divided into two groups in the village and one group is loyal to Prasad.
 
According to reports, followers of Prasad were of the view that the MLA has been extending support to the rival group. As soon as he arrived to console family members of the deceased, they pelted stones towards him and police personnel, who were escorting the MLA. He and cops have suffered injuries in the incident.
 
To protect MLA from loyalists of Prasad, the police took the MLA towards the outskirts of the village. The police registered a case and investigating as to whether the murder took place due to political rivalry or property dispute.