Court sent YSRCP leader to jail in 27 year old case, was successful in Andhra Pradesh assembly elections

AP Assembly Election 2024: Andhra Pradesh’s ruling YSRCP leader Thota Trimurthulu was sentenced by a special court in Visakhapatnam in a 27-year-old case. MLA Thota Trimurthulu was also sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment and a fine of Rs 2 lakh for harassing two Dalit youths. The judge sentenced the other nine accused in this case, Thota Babulu, Thota Ramu, Thota Pundarikakshudu, Thalatam Murali Mohan, Devalla Kishore, Thota Srinu, Mancham Prakash and Achanta Ram Satyanarayan, to six months’ imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 22,000 each.

Assembly election candidate is Thota Trimurthulu

The accused in this case, Mancham Prakash, died during the trial. Thota Trimurthulu is currently a member of the State Legislative Council. Apart from this, he is also a candidate on YSRCP ticket from Mandapeta assembly seat of Konaseema district in the assembly elections to be held on May 13. Immediately after the court’s decision, Thota Trimurthulu filed a bail petition.

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This incident took place on December 29, 1996, when Thota Trimurthulu, belonging to the Pedda Kapu community, was an independent MLA from Ramachandrapuram assembly in Godavari district. The people of the then MLA Trimurthulu picked up five Dalit youth Koti Chinna Raju, Dadala Venkataratnam, Challapudi Pattabhiramayya, Kanikela Ganapathy and Puvvala Venkataraman from the village and brought them to the MLA’s residence. There, the heads of Chinna Raju and Venkataratnam were shaved and the remaining three were beaten badly. The age of all the victims was between 25-30 years.

According to the report of Indian Express, all the Dalit youths were working as polling agents of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in the local polling station there. According to the report, the victims had protested against alleged rigging against MLA Trimurthulu in the 1994 assembly elections. Even after this, these people continued to raise their voice against the MLA. Angered by this, MLA Trimurthulu and all those people carried out this incident with the aim of taking revenge.

On January 7, 1997, the police arrested Trimurthulu and registered a case against him and his other associates under various sections including the SC/ST Act. After the chargesheet was issued, everyone including the MLA came out on bail. After this, the hearing of the case continued and the accused kept making rounds from the Sessions Court to the High Court.

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