Kothapet police on Wednesday arrested two persons on charges of blackmailing Mangalagiri YSRC MLA Alla Ramakrishna Reddy on Wednesday. The duo have been impersonating as Maoists for some time.
Kothapet SHO D. Venkanna Chowdary said the accused-- Kacharla Mahadevan alias Babu and Thota Ramu-- had been making threatening calls to Mr. Reddy for the last 15 days, demanding a huge sum of money. Using a letterhead designed at a local shop, the duo posed CPI (Maoist) leaders.
After Mr. Reddy complained to SP Rajesh Kumar, police set up a plan to trap the miscreants. When the duo called Mr. Reddy on Tuesday, he asked them to come to his office at Rajagarithota. Police nabbed the duo.