Posted 4/16/2024, 12:04:24 PM
YSRCP MLC Sentenced for 1996 Attack on Dalit Youths Who Opposed His Candidacy
- YSRCP MLC Thota Trimurthulu sentenced to 18 months in jail for tonsuring Dalit youths in 1996
- 9 people convicted, fined Rs 42,000 each for incident where Dalit youths were tonsured and beaten
- Trimurthulu was an independent MLA in 1996, later elected MLA from TDP, now YSRCP candidate
- Dalit youth had opposed Trimurthulu in 1996 Assembly polls by working for BSP
- Case registered in 1997 after complaint, taken over 2 decades for victims to get justice
