Vanteru Pratap Reddy attempted for suicide, tension prevailed at his house in Hyderabad

Gajwel People's alliance contesting candidate Vanteru Pratap Reddy attempted for suicide by pouring petrol on himself in Hyderabad on Monday late night hours. Police after reaching his house wanted to conduct searches by alleging that they got the information from the reliable sources about the money distribution in his house. 

Vanteru agitated against them and did suicide attempt. Angered supporters of him made slogans against police and caretaker Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao alleging that TRS leaders were trying to torture and threaten their leader on the name of searches. They criticised that with the support of police TRS leaders were targeting Vanteru with  political vendetta.

 Police house arrested Vanteru and not allowing anybody into his house and deploying police in  large numbers to arrest him. Meanwhile Vanteru supporters, congress and people's alliance leaders were reaching in large number to his house and tension was prevailing at his house.

Balanagar DCP Padmaja reached his house and said that they came to implement the orders of State Election Commission. She said some people complained to EC that Vanteru and his supporters were distributing money at his residence. She said to help the flying squad officials in searches on the directions of EC they reached his house. She warned the Vanteru supporters for obstructing the search operations at his house.