Caught on camera: TRS leader kicks woman over land dispute

In a video that has gone viral, a public representative, belonging to the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) is seen kicking a woman over a civil dispute pertaining to the sale of land in Nizamabad district.

The incident was caught on camera. TRS Mandal Parishad President Immadi Gopi was hit with footwear by a woman, native of Gowraram village in Khammam district to which he retaliated by kicking her in the chest. The woman and her relatives staged a protest in front of Gopi's house over the delay in handing over the possession of the land Gopi had sold to them.

Based on the woman's complaint, Police have registered a case against Gopi under IPC sections 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation). 

The woman, in her complaint, stated that the public representative sold her a plot which also comprised a house for Rs 33.72 lakh for which registration was done in her name last year. Later, he, however, demanded an additional Rs 50 lakh citing rise in land rates in the area. The woman and her relatives visited Gopi’s house to hand over the property following which the entire incident transpired.

A counter complaint was filed by Gopi and a case was booked against the woman and her relatives over trespass and damaging his property.