Jagan hits the road again after stone pelting incident; little headway in police probe so far

The yatra will cover the Gannavaram constituency, Atkur village, Veeravalli crossroad, Hanuman junction, Puttagunta village (Gudivada constituency), and halt at the Jonnapadu village for lunch. After resuming the bus yatra from Jonappadu and passing through Janardhanapuram, the Andhra Pradesh chief minister will arrive at VKR Group of Institutions on Eluru Road (Gudivada constituency) to address the Memantha Siddham public meeting.

After the public meeting, the bus yatra will proceed towards Hanuman Junction National Highway, then Gundugolanu, and conclude in Narayanapuram under the Unguturu constituency for an overnight stay.

The Vijayawada police have formed multiple teams to investigate the stone pelting incident on Saturday night in which Jagan and Vijayawada East MLA Vellampalli Srinivas Rao, who was standing beside the CM, were injured. The teams are checking CCTV and cellphone footage taken from the Ajit Singh Nagar area where the incident occurred.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is attended to after an injury near his left eye in a stone throwing incident during his Bus Siddam Yatra In Vijayawada, April 13, 2024. (PTI)

Officials said they are constrained due to the non-availability of CCTV footage from near the Vivekananda School where the incident occurred as authorities had switched off the power supply so that Jagan and others standing on top of the vehicle would not come in touch with live wires, and overhanging cables. Mobile phones used near the site of the incident are being investigated, they said.

A First Information Report (FIR) under Indian Penal Code (IPC) Section 307 has been registered at the Ajit Singh Nagar Police Station.

Jagan Reddy’s 21-day campaign tour of the state comes ahead of simultaneous Lok Sabha and state Assembly elections to be held in Andhra Pradesh on May 13.