Ex-TDP minister Bhuma Akhila Priya accused of getting brothers abducted over a disputed land worth crores
High drama in a case of overnight kidnapping and rescue has gripped the state of Telangana. The accused in the case is a former minister of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, who allegedly got three brothers abducted over a disputed piece of land that is worth Rs 100 crore.
A case has been filed against former TDP minister Bhuma Akhila Priya, her husband Bhargav Ram and brother-in-law Chandrahas.
Though Ms Priya is in police custody, she has not arrested as yet for getting the brothers, including former hockey player Praveen Rao, kidnapped.
According to the police, the Rao brothers were abducted by a group of men who entered their Hyderabad house on Tuesday evening posing as Income Tax officers, and even showed a fake warrant.
“The alleged kidnappers said they were there to conduct raids and that they had a warrant. They then took the brothers away. They had come in three vehicles,” said state Excise Minister Srinivas Goud who reached the Rao brothers' house with senior police officers, including Hyderabad police commissioner.
The abductors also locked the remaining family members in separate rooms, said the police, who chased and tracked the kidnappers within three hours and rescued the brothers.
According to the police, they got information around 11 PM, and the brothers were rescued by 3 AM.
The family, which earlier said they suspected a politician from Andhra Pradesh's Rayalaseema region to have planned the kidnapping, later accused the involvement of Ms Priya.
