PNS | Mancherial
BRS leader Kodi Rajesh allegedly pounced on a farmer and rained blows at Kasipeta village. The farmer suffered bleeding injuries. The BRS leader became furious when a farmer questioned Rajesh about the rationale behind reducing paddy weight while procuring paddy by the Primary Agriculture Credit Society (PACS), according to a complaint lodged with the police by the farmer’s wife.
The farmer was identified as Jangili Muttaiah and a resident of Kasipeta village of Dandepalli mandal of the district.
The incident happened when local MLA Divakar Rao’s son Nadipalli Vijeth Rao was conducting door-to-door campaign in the villages.
The eyewitnesses said that Vijeth Rao did not try to stop his supporter from assaulting the farmer and tried to sympathise with the farmer.