Tuni Violence: After 6-hour-long Questioning, CID Asks Bhoomana Karunakar Reddy to Appear again on Wednesday

After a gruelling six-hour long questioning, YSRCP senior leader Bhoomana Karunakar Reddy has been asked to appear again before the CID probing into the violence during the Tuni Kapu Garjana, on Wednesday morning.

A defiant Bhoomana, who came out after the questioning at Guntur said that he would not be cowed down by the TDP’s terror tactics. He said he was not afraid of pressures and threats. “I have never known fear,”he said. He said the Government has already decided to victimise him and YS Jagan Mohan Reddy in the Tuni incident.

Meanwhile, while the questioning was going on, the police tried to send back waiting YSRCP leaders Chevireddy Bhaskar Reddy, Ambati Rambabu and Kannababu. “It is as if we are living in Pakistan and not India. The government is behaving in a brazen manner. If anything happens to Bhoomana, the government would be held responsible,” said Chevireddy.

An angry mob set Ratnachal Express train and Tuni rural police stations were set on fire during the Kaapu Garjana organised by Kapu leader Mudragada Padmanabham in Tuni of East Godavari district. CID had served notices to Karunakar asking him to come for questioning in the Tuni case on September 4, but Bhoomana said he would attend on September 6 and accordingly reached CID office in Guntur at 11.30 am.

CID ASP Harikrishna’s team has questioned Karunakar. Police are arguing that Karunakar had spoken to Padmanabham before the violence took place. After the incident, AP home minister Nimmakayala Chinarajappa alleged that Karunakar Reddy was behind the incident.