YSR Congress MP arrested for assaulting Air India official

Chittor (Andhra Pradesh): Chittor police have registered a case against YSR Congress Party MP from Rajampet, P V Mithun Reddy, for assaulting an Air India official last November at Renigunta Airport. The MP and members of his family manhandled, slapped and assaulted Air India station manager K Rajasekhar after the AI staff refused them boarding passes as their flight was already closed. The manager, in the police complaint stated that the MP was scheduled to catch an AI flight, but reached the airport several minutes late. The airline had also lodged a complaint along with the AI station manager, at the Yerpedu police station and an investigation was started based on CCTV footage. Anticipating trouble, six YSRCP MLAs were detained as a precaution ahead of the arrest of Mithun Reddy.