The Tirupati police on Thursday gave a rude shock to Praja Rajyam Party president Chiranjeevi by searching his hotel room on the suspicion of possessing huge amount of money meant for distribution among voters.
A team of policemen went to Chiranjeevi’s room at Hotel Katriya Kannses to conduct the search, following a complaint from the Congress leaders that he had kept lakhs of rupees in his room for distribution among voters.
An agitated Chiranjeevi squatted near the reception and prevented the police. He demanded that the police conduct the search in the presence of media, since there was every possibility that the police themselves could keep the money there and later show it as Chiru’s money. Sensing the trouble from the media, the police left the place without carrying out the search.
Earlier, there was a clash between Congress workers and Chiranjeevi supporters at the hotel. The police and other para military forces rushed there and resorted to lathi charge to disperse the crowds.
In Hyderabad, PRP general secretary Allu Aravind and T Devender Goud met Chief Electoral Office I V Subba Rao and Director General of Police A K Mohanty and urged them to take immediate steps to ensure free and fair polls in Tirupati constituency. They demanded that Chittoor SP be transferred within 24 hours, since he was favouring the ruling party. They wondered whether the police would dare search the rooms of Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy and Telugu Desam Party president Chandrababu Naidu.
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