Andhra Pradesh’s Crime Investigation Department on Friday arrested Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party MP Kanumuri Raghurama Krishnam Raju on charges of sedition from his residence in Hyderabad, reported
The Times of India.
CID officials said that Raju had been engaged in delivering “hate speeches against certain communities and promoting disaffection against the government”.
The MP from Narsapuram was booked under sections 124A (sedition), 153A (promoting enmity between different groups), 505 (incite, any class or community of persons to commit any offence) read with 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code, reported
The Indian Express.
#YSRC rebel MP @RaghuRaju_MP arrested by #AndhraPradesh CID police under Sec 124 (A) of IPC for allegedly denigrating State govt @NewIndianXpresspic.twitter.com/zDAG5lcqxH— TNIE Andhra Pradesh (@xpressandhra) May 14, 2021