The mayor’s husband attacked over a land dispute

Nizamabad:Nizamabad mayor Neethu Kiran’s husband and BRS leader Dandu Chandrasekhar was injured in an attack by an autorickshaw driver here

Monday over a land dispute. Chandrasekhar was admitted to a private hospital where his condition is said to be stable.

Sources said Sheikh Rasool, the driver, attacked Chandrasekhar near 80 Quarters in Nagaram. Rasool said his plot in Nagaram area was encroached upon by the mayor’s followers.

The accused first beat up Chandrashekar and later attacked him with a hammer. Passersby filmed the incident and posted it on social media.

After the attack, Rasool released a video clip saying that Chandrasekhar had demanded Rs 2 lakh from him to settle the land dispute.

“As a car driver, I cannot pay the huge amount and attacked Chandrasekhar in frustration,” he said. He urged Congress leaders to protect his country from BRS leaders.

Nizamabad ACS L.Raja Venkat Reddy said that Rasool was arrested and sent to judicial custody. His mobile phone, autorickshaw and the hammer he used in the attack have been seized, the ACP said.

Chandrasekhar had recently been arrested by Nizamabad police for his alleged involvement in gravel smuggling in the Nagaram area.

BRS MLA V. Prashanth Reddy and former Nizamabad Urban BRS MLA Bigala Ganesh Gupta visited Chandrasekhar at the hospital.