T’gana MLA denied ticket, supporter sets self ablaze

Ch Sushil Rao / TNN / Sep 13, 2018, 03:39 IST

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T’gana MLA denied ticket, supporter sets self ablaze

HYDERABAD: After the announcement of 105 TRS tickets by party chief K Chandrasekhar Rao, supporter of a dropped MLA attempted self-immolation on Wednesday, injuring four other party men in the process. Three of the five injured are said to be critical.
The man, has been identified as Gattayya, a staunch supporter of sitting Chennur MLA Nallala Odelu, who has been dropped. Peddapalli MP Balka Suman has been given ticket from Chennur and Gattayya was protesting the ‘injustice’ meted out to Odelu.

As Gattayya attempted to set himself ablaze, the kerosene he used also fell on four other TRS supporters. When Gattayya lit himself up, the other four also caught fire. Gattayya was rushed to the Karimnagar government hospital for treatment. The four other party men injured are yet to be identified.

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Ch Sushil Rao

Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.

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