According to sources the main opposition and its mouthpiece claimed that the farmer Kotaiah was threatened and beaten up by the police for not giving land for the control room and helipad for the CM's chopper landing. Meanwhile upset with the police's action, Kotaiah committed suicide is what, YSRCP alleged. Furthermore countering the allegations, AP IT minister Nara Lokesh said Kotaiah's farm land and helipad has no connection and shared couple of pictures of the newly constructed helipad.
Meanwhile he also clarified that the police who got to know about Kotaiah consuming pesticide, rushed to the spot and one of the police personnel carried him on the shoulder till the vehicle which was arranged to shift him to the nearest hospital. Reportedly police have manhandled farmer Kotaiah quite badly in their style and so he died. Condemning these reports, Guntur SP Rajasekhar released the video of a constable carrying Kotaiah on his shoulder.
Meanwhile Kotaiah body's sent to postmortem and based on the report, an action will be taken said, Minister Prathipati Pulla Rao who visited Kondaveedu village on Wednesday morning. Apparently on behalf of YSRCP, Jagan too appointed a fact finding committee to probe Kotaiah's death. Hence the police have deployed additional forces in the village to make sure no unwanted incident reports.
