February 20th 2025.
In a disappointing turn of events for YSR Congress Party leader Vallabhneni Vamsi, the Andhra Pradesh High Court has rejected his plea for anticipatory bail in the case related to the attack on the Telugu Desam Party office. The former MLA had approached the court seeking protection from arrest in the case, which was filed against him and others during the YSR Congress Party's tenure in February 2023.
Vamsi, who is currently in judicial custody for allegedly kidnapping and threatening a computer operator at the TDP office, is the 71st accused in the attack case. His counsel argued that Vamsi was not present during the incident, but the court did not find this argument convincing.
The Andhra Pradesh Police had arrested Vamsi from his residence in Hyderabad on February 13, and the following day, he was sent to judicial remand along with his followers Shivarama Krishna Prasad and Lakshmipathy for 14 days. According to the police, Vamsi and his followers were involved in the kidnapping and threatening of the TDP office employee, who had filed a complaint against them.
The case against Vamsi and others has been filed under sections 140, 308, 351 of the Bharat Nyaya Sanhita and under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Act of 1989. However, the YSRCP has denied these allegations and accused the TDP-led coalition government of targeting Vamsi out of political vendetta.
Vamsi, who had defected from the TDP to the YSRCP in 2020, has been a vocal critic of the TDP and its national president Chandrababu Naidu. In a show of support, YSRCP president and former Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy visited Vamsi in jail on Tuesday and slammed the TDP-led government for misusing its power and creating a chaotic law and order situation in the state.
Reddy alleged that the charges against Vamsi are fabricated and that the TDP, through its leader Pattabhi, had provoked him leading to the attack on the TDP office. He also claimed that Vamsi's name was not mentioned in the initial complaint and was only added by the government after it came to power. Reddy further stated that since the TDP office employee had given a statement clearing Vamsi's involvement in the attack, the government had falsely charged Vamsi with kidnapping and threatening him.
Overall, the situation has caused much unrest and tension between the two political parties, with both sides making strong accusations against each other. As the case progresses, it remains to be seen what the final verdict will be and how it will impact the political landscape in Andhra Pradesh.
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