Hyderabad: Videos of Telangana Rashtra Samiti MLA from Choppadandi, Bodige Shobha, assaulting a toll collector at Timmapur on RR Highway, assisted by her husband and gunmen, went viral on Tuesday.
The MLA denied that any such thing had happened. “There was no disturbance at all and nothing has happened,” she said.
According to sources, Ms Shoba and her husband Mr Galaiah were driving towards Hyderabad. At the toll plaza on the highway at Renigunta village, there was a long queue of vehicles. Ms Shobha went up to the toll plaza staff and argued that they were not following the rules to leave a way open for public representatives. The staff replied that they were doing their duty.
The MLA then allegedly slapped the staff member, and the two gunmen accompanying her got down from the vehicle.
Cops to check video, then take action
Seeing the gunmen getting down the car, the toll collector started running away but was chased by the MLA’s husband. Getting information of a disturbance and traffic block at the toll plaza, Karimnagar police rushed to the spot and cleared the traffic. They said that after viewing CCTV footage from the toll plaza they will decide on their course of action.
