Hyderabad: Police have arrested a man roaming suspiciously at Armoor MLA Jeevan Reddy's residence in Banjara Hills Road No 12. A knife and a gun have been recovered from the suspect by the police.
The accused was identified to be the spouse of the local sarpanch of Kalleda in Makloor Mandal of Armoor. According to ABP Desam, the wife (Lavanya) of the accused (Prasad Gowd) was suspended recently from the sarpanch post. As a result, Prasad Gowd developed a grudge against the MLA.
The MLA staff members who had observed Prasad Gowd's erratic behaviour informed the police. Jubilee Hills Cops arrived at Armoor MLA Jeevan Reddy's home after receiving the information and arrested him. An investigation is underway.
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Police were investigating whether Goud had come close to the MLA's home to murder him.
Jeevan Reddy is a member of the Legislative Assembly from Armoor, Telangana. He won the 2014 Indian general election on a Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) ticket from Armoor.
Lavanya was a BJP candidate who won the Kalleda village sarpanch seat. She and her husband later joined the TRS. The sarpanch, however, was recently dismissed from TRS, and her husband held MLA Jeevan Reddy responsible for it.
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(With inputs from ABP Desam — It is a Telugu platform of ABP News. For more news, commentary and latest happenings from two Telugu states, follow https://telugu.abplive.com//amp)