AP Assembly Election 2024: Andhra Pradesh's ruling YSRCP chief Thota Trimurthulu was sentenced by a particular court docket in Visakhapatnam in a 27-year-old case. MLA Thota Trimurthulu was additionally sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment and a effective of Rs 2 lakh for harassing two Dalit youths. The choose sentenced the opposite 9 accused on 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 effective of Rs 22,000 every.
Assembly election candidate is Thota Trimurthulu
The accused on this case, Mancham Prakash, died through the trial. Thota Trimurthulu is at present a member of the State Legislative Council. Other than this, he’s additionally a candidate on YSRCP ticket from Mandapeta assembly seat of Konaseema district within the assembly elections to be held on Could 13. Instantly after the court docket's determination, Thota Trimurthulu filed a bail petition.
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This incident came about on December 29, 1996, when Thota Trimurthulu, belonging to the Pedda Kapu group, was an unbiased MLA from Ramachandrapuram assembly in Godavari district. The individuals of the then MLA Trimurthulu picked up 5 Dalit youth Koti Chinna Raju, Dadala Venkataratnam, Challapudi Pattabhiramayya, Kanikela Ganapathy and Puvvala Venkataraman from the village and introduced them to the MLA's residence. There, the heads of Chinna Raju and Venkataratnam have been shaved and the remaining three have been crushed badly. The age of all of the victims was between 25-30 years.
In accordance to the report of Indian Specific, all of the Dalit youths have been working as polling brokers of Bahujan Samaj Social gathering (BSP) within the native polling station there. In accordance to the report, the victims had protested towards alleged rigging towards MLA Trimurthulu within the 1994 assembly elections. Even after this, these individuals continued to increase their voice towards the MLA. Angered by this, MLA Trimurthulu and all these individuals carried out this incident with the goal of taking revenge.
On January 7, 1997, the police arrested Trimurthulu and registered a case towards him and his different associates beneath varied sections together with the SC/ST Act. After the chargesheet was issued, everybody together with the MLA got here out on bail. After this, the listening to of the case continued and the accused stored making rounds from the Classes Court docket to the Excessive Court docket.
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