AP: After the slap, MP and bank manager faces criminal charges

A day after Nagarkurnool MP slapped a bank manager, criminal cases were booked against the minister for assaulting and intimidating a public servant, reports Express New Service.

A day after Nagarkurnool MP Manda Jagannadham slapped a bank manager, criminal cases were booked against him for assaulting and intimidating a public servant and bank employees’ unions are gearing up to launch an agitation.

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Ravinder Reddy lodged a complaint with the Uppunuthala police on Tuesday. ‘‘Cases under Sections 353 (assault on a public servant), 323 (causing hurt) and 504 (intimidation) were registered against the MP and investigation is on,’’ Nagarkurnool Deputy Superintendent of Police Satyanarayana said. In an obvious retaliation, a case under SC/CT Atrocities (Prevention) Act was registered against Ravinder Reddy following a complaint by two ‘‘villagers’’ Vijay and Bakkaiah that the manager had abused them when they went to seek a loan.

AP Regional Rural Banks Empoloyees’ Association said it would take up the issue with the Chief Minister, Prime Minister and Lok Sabha Speaker and seek their intervention.

As a mark of protest, the staff in all the rural bank branches sported black badges and staged demonstrations in front of the district offices. ‘‘We will intesnify our agitation and boycott government schemes,’’ general secretary of the assocaition S Venkateswar Reddy said.

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