Seamy tales in times of Naidu
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu is having a trying time controlling his leaders who seem to be handling power badly. Social Welfare Minister Ravela Kishore Kumar Babu's son, Ravela Susheel Kumar, has been arrested under the Nirbhaya Act for stalking a woman and trying to pull her inside his car. The incident took place on Road No 13, Banjara Hills at 4 pm recently. CCTV footage showed Susheel's car slowing down near a burqa-clad woman who hurries on after a few words with the car's occupants. The car then follows her. The lady, a schoolteacher, told the police about a man with a tattoo, later identified as Susheel and his driver Ramesh, who tried to drag her inside the car. Susheel claimed that he was trying to pick up a puppy on the road which the lady objected to. But after two days, Susheel surrendered to the police and has been sent to Chanchalguda jail. Ravela Kishore Babu later held a press meet and said his son had been framed by YSR Congress leader Jaganmohan Reddy through morphed CCTV footage. The claim was instantly rubbished by both the Telangana police and YSR Congress, whose MLA Roja sought to know if the TD would now say that it was Jagan in the burqa. Naidu is said to be furious with the Minister and it is quite likely that Ravela Kishore Babu will be stripped of his portfolio in the next Cabinet overhaul.