BRS Medak MP Kotha Prabhakar Reddy was stabbed Monday by a 38-year-old man while campaigning in Siddipet district as a candidate for the November 30 Telangana polls. Prabhakar, contesting from the Dubbak seat, was rushed to a private hospital in Secunderabad where he was operated upon for three hours for the injury on his stomach’s right side. He was later described by doctors as stable.
The assailant, G Raju, who is suspected to be working for a local YouTube channel, was caught and beaten up by BRS workers before being handed over to police. The attack took place in Surampalli village in Doulatabad when Prabhakar was about to get into his car after visiting a pastor in a local church.
BRS president and CM K Chandrasekhar Rao said he “considered the attack on Prabhakar as an attack on himself” while asserting there was no place for such assaults in a democracy. KCR, campaigning at Banswada in north Telangana, was on his way to visit Prabhakar in the Secunderabad hospital.
Siddipet commissioner of police N Swetha Reddy said Raju went close to the MP on the pretext of shaking hands with him and then stabbed him with what appeared like a knife meant to cut vegetables “We will question Raju to know the exact motive for making the murderous attempt on the MP’s life,” the CP said.