Andhra High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail to YSRCP Leader Over TDP Office Assault
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Synopsis
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has denied anticipatory bail to YSR Congress Party leader Vallabhneni Vamsi in connection with a case involving an attack on the Telugu Desam Party office. Vamsi is currently in judicial custody amidst allegations of kidnapping and threatening a complainant in the case.
Key Takeaways
- Andhra Pradesh High Court denied bail to Vallabhneni Vamsi.
- Vamsi is accused of involvement in a TDP office attack.
- He is currently in judicial custody for kidnapping and threatening a complainant.
- The YSRCP claims the accusations are politically motivated.
- Vamsi switched from TDP to YSRCP in 2020.
Amaravati, Feb 20 (NationPress) In a blow to YSR Congress Party leader Vallabhneni Vamsi, the Andhra Pradesh High Court rejected his anticipatory bail request in connection with the assault on the Telugu Desam Party office.
The former MLA had sought anticipatory bail concerning a case filed against him and others for the assault on the TDP office at Gannavaram in February 2023 while the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) was governing.
Vamsi is presently in judicial custody for allegedly kidnapping and threatening Satyavardhan, a computer operator at the TDP’s Gannavaram office, who is the complainant in the assault case.
The former MLA stands as the 71st accused in the case concerning the TDP office attack. During the hearing on the anticipatory bail request, Vamsi’s counsel argued that the former MLA was not present during the TDP office assault.
The Andhra Pradesh Police apprehended Vamsi at his home in Hyderabad on February 13. The following day, a court in Vijayawada remanded him and his associates Shivarama Krishna Prasad and Lakshmipathy to judicial custody for 14 days.
Vamsi and his associates are reportedly involved in the TDP office attack case, having allegedly kidnapped Satyavardhan and threatened him to retract his statement.
A case under the Bharat Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sections 140 (1) (kidnap), 308, 351 (3) (criminal intimidation) and under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 has been filed against Vamsi and others.
However, the YSRCP has refuted the allegations against Vamsi, asserting that the TDP-led coalition government is engaging in political revenge against the former MLA from Gannavaram.
Vamsi switched allegiance from the TDP to the YSRCP in 2020 and has since been a vocal critic of the TDP and its national president Chandrababu Naidu.
Former Chief Minister and YSRCP president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy visited Vamsi in Vijayawada sub-jail on Tuesday. He claimed that there is a complete breakdown of law and order in the state.
Jagan accused the TDP-led coalition government of fabricating charges against the former MLA in a spurious case.
He alleged that Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, through TDP leader Pattabhi, insulted Vamsi and incited him, which resulted in the assault on the TDP’s office in Gannavaram.
Reddy stated that Vamsi’s name was not mentioned in the case filed concerning the attack, but after the TDP-led coalition assumed power, the case was reopened. He asserted that since Satyavardhan, a TDP office employee, indicated Vamsi’s non-involvement in the attack, the government, motivated by political revenge, lodged a false case of kidnapping and intimidation against Vamsi.
