AP Minister assaults realtor, case filed

Following a complaint by a real-estate businessman S Ram Reddy, Banjara Hills police registered a case against the minister, a local Congress corporator and her husband in the later hours of Saturday night under Sections 448 (trespass) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC, the police said.

According to police, Ram Reddy was constructing a building on Road No 12, where a drainage pipeline was being laid. However, Banjara Hills corporator B Bharati and her husband Baba Naik arrived at the construction site and reportedly told the workers to stop the work saying it was illegal.

Ram Reddy further complained that following a phone call from the corporator and her husband, the minister arrived at the construction site along with his supporters and indulged in an heated argument with him.

Meanwhile, following a counter complaint lodged by the corporator, the police have also registered a case against the realtor under Section 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of IPC. Further investigations are on in both cases.