Another legislator of ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi landed in a soup after her husband and gunmen attacked the staff of a toll plaza in Karimnagar district on Tuesday morning.
According to the police, the incident occurred at Renukunta Toll Plaza under Timmapur Mandal when the MLA B Shobha's Innova car was passing through it.
In the incident which was recorded by the CCTV cameras the MLA's husband attacked the toll plaza staff when the vehicle was stopped and was asked to pay the toll fee. As the two sides were involved in argument MLA's husband got down down from the vehicles and started beating up the toll plaza employee. Soon he was joined the gunman of the MLA even as she watched the happening from her vehicle.
On an alert from the toll plaza staff police reached the place but by the time the MLA's vehicle had left the place.
Assistant Commissioner of police Usha Rani visited the scene and spoke to the staff. However no case was registered till the last reports came in.
This has come close on the heels of Another incident of a TRS MLA from Nalgonda district V Veeresham threatening and abusing a bank official.
Even as the audio recording of his telephone call to Nalgonda District Central Cooperative Bank CEO Mohan went viral, Veeresham expressed his regret over his foul language but insisted that he was justified as the officials were harassing a handicapped employee.