One accused arrested in Jodeghat case

October 08, 2017 08:38 pm | Updated 08:39 pm IST - ADILABAD

Kerameri police in Kumram Bheem Asifabad district arrested Pendore Mohan Rao, one of the two prime accused in the Jodeghat statue burning case, who was a member of the Kumram Bheem martyrdom anniversary organising committee.

The other accused, former Boath MLA Soyam Bapu Rao, also a Raj Gond Adivasi, is absconding.

According to police, the duo along with 20 of their supporters had broken a glass case and took out the statue of a traditionally dressed Lambada woman from the tribal museum at Jodeghat on the intervening night of October 5 and 6.

All the accused have been booked under sections 448, 452, 427, 435, 506 and 153 A read with 34 IPC and section 3 of Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act.

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