Police says political rivalry reason for clash

TRS Malkajgiri corporator N. Jagadish Goud and his two sons, Abhishek Goud and Aravind Goud, were booked for attempt to murder and rioting following a clash during a Durga immersion procession.

This led to a clash between the two groups who used sticks to beat each other up, sources said. The Malkajgiri police booked 14 men from Jagadish Goud’s group and eight from Bal Chandra Goud’s group.

Malkajgiri ACP G. Sandeep said, “The two groups with about 50 men on each side used sticks to attack each other. The incident emerged from political rivalry and a show of strength.”

He said the accused were booked under Sections 341, 307, 506, 147, 148 read with 149 IPC. Jagadish Goud and his sons were sent to remand. The others are absconding. They were identified as Sudhakar Goud, N. Nagender , N. Pavan Kumar Goud, N. Hari Babu Goud, N. Vinay Goud, N. Laxman Goud, Chinnamaraju Rakesh, P. Raja Shekar, S. Sai Kumar, Ch. Sudhakar, N. Manjula Goud.

Abhishek was earlier arrested by the cyber crime cell of the Rachakonda police on charges of harassing women online and seeking cybersex.

He had forced women to send their nude pictures, failing which he threatened to upload their morphed pictures on social media and porn websites. The car being drive by Anhishek has `2,000 worth of unpaid traffic challans.