Several individuals, including police officials and party workers, sustained injuries when workers of Congress party clashed with the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) supporters at Ibrahimpatnam on Thursday.
The incident occurred when the candidates of both parties, Malreddy Ranga Reddy of Congress and Manchireddy Kishan Reddy of the BRS took out processions to the nomination centre in the constituency.
Rachakonda Police Commissioner D.S. Chauhan said that the NOC/permission was given only for the parties to file nominations along with a limited rally. “The clash was controlled within 10 minutes by our official present at the scene. The incident resulted in several officials sustaining injuries. Such incidents will not be tolerated by the police. Moreover, there was an additional number of vehicles than allowed which showed up, which will be probed into as well,” said the official.
