Dharmavaram DSP Navab Jan said that they now learnt that Venkata Prasad gave shelter to Nagoor Hussain wanted accused in the conspiracy. He also said rowdy-sheets would be opened against Paritala Sriram, son of the TDP MLA Sunita and others involved in the case. He said so far six of the accused were arrested. Police had recovered 3 hunting sickles, a gun and ammunition from the accused, he added.

The MLA who surrendered in the Kukatpalli court after her bail petition was rejected was remanded for 14 days of judicial custody. The court has also permitted the police to have her custody for questioning. As per the court’s permission, police have taken her into custody on Saturday. KPHB police would question her till 5 pm.

Police have called doctors of the RIMS hospital to the jail for a health check up. Akbar was later shifted to the police headquarters for questioning.

The court directed the police not to use third degree methods and also not to handcuff him. The court also permitted lawyers of the MIM MLA to be present during the questioning. By evening police would return Akbar to the jail and resume questioning on Sunday morning. The same procedure would be followed every day during the police custody. On January 17, he would be produced before the court.

Judge Sunita Rani issued the summons to Anil Kumar to appear before the court on February 14, in connection with the police case that he had sought votes in the name of religion. Khammam rural police registered the case during the 2009 elections.

Anil Kumar attended a programme in a church in Karunagiri of Khammam rural mandal during 2009 elections. There were charges that he had appealed for votes for the Congress party in the name of religion. He was also alleged to have distributed money. Khammam rural police registered the case against Bro. Anil and 3 others.

This is the reason why opponents of Jagan had alleged that it was as per the screenplay written by Y S Jaganmohan Reddy that Akbaruddin had acted.

Jagan’s party has so far neither condemned unequivocally nor spurned the charges leveled against him and his media. A hot debate is on about the stoic silence of the Jagan bandwagon on this issue.

TRS openly charged Jagan of being the director for the scene unfurled and enacted by Akbar. The party said that it was the plan of Jagan to whip up communal trouble in Hyderabad to scuttle the Telangana process. TRS also said the same strategy through which the then Chief Minister Marri Chenna Reddy was dislodged by creating communal trouble was now being implemented by Jagan and Akbar.

Even to this serious charge, there is no stout rejection from the YSRCP. It is learnt that all the party leaders were instructed not to talk about the issue. Just as a matter of fact, Mysoora Reddy responded and simply said Akbar did wrong. That was all the condemnation from the YSRCP. Party leaders Jitta Bala Krishna Reddy and KK Mahender Reddy who were earlier with the TRS and who constantly attack their former boss KCR also had not responded to this serious charge. There is also no response from Konda Surekha, Bajireddy Govardhan and others who regularly respond to all kinds of statements. Gone Prakasha Rao, the very vocal leader of the YSRCP also hasn’t said anything about it. It is being widely said that the silence was because it was a joint plan of the YSRCP and the MIM. Even the ranks of YSRCP are worried about the silence of the party on such a serious issue

Some ministers here met the chief minister to discuss the situation and the future plan of action. This group included T G Venkatesh, Kasu Venkata Krishna Reddy and S Sailajanath. They intended to ensure that if there are any potential attempts for separation of Telangana then they should be able to block it.Primarily, CPI(M) and MIM are opposing the formation of Telangana while TDP, TRS, BJP and CPI are in favour of the separate state. The indecision on this issue was such that at the all-party meet chaired by home minister Sushilkumar Shinde, the eight parties belonging to Andhra Pradesh made unanimously demanded that the Central government take a final decision. The Chief Minister is expected to go to Delhi for this purpose in a couple of days.

The Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde recently remarked that this is one proposal to which the central government has failed to apply its mind. The minister said this while he was speaking at the recent monthly review of the home ministry. The minister revealed that the central government as receiving various suggestions, recommendations and proposals on the issue of granting separate statehood to Telangana. But despite such pouring in of ideas from different interest groups, the centre has not yet discussed this particular proposal of declaring Hyderabad as an Union Territory.

He added that the Centre will take a decision on this issue by January 28, which is also the deadline which has been fixed for taking the final call on the Telangana issue. He also said that nothing was decided at the all-party meeting as they could not reach at any conclusion. But the views of all the political parties were heard at that meeting.

He assured that the indecision over Telangana would end very soon as the Centre will finally take a definite decision on January 28.

Talking to the media, he said Ramachandraiah was correct in objecting to tariff hike, in view of the ensuing elections. He also said that the state government should rethink about the proposal. Stating that elections were not far off, he said it was not proper to burden the common man at this time.

He however supported hike in railway fares.

On MIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi’s remarks, he said law would take its course.

It may be mentioned that Ramachandraiah wrote a letter to the PCC Chief four days ago strongly opposing the power tariff hike. He questioned straight how the Congress was hoping to win elections when it was burdening the common man like this.