Kapu leader and former Minister Mudragada Padmanabham. File
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The Hindu Former minister and Kapu reservation agitation leader Mudragada Padmanabham, along with few others appeared in Vijayawada Metropolitan Magistrate Court (Railway Court) in Tuni rioting case on Tuesday.
The Kapu Gharjana Sabha, organised by some Kapu leaders in Tuni town in East Godavari district on January 31, 2016, seeking inclusion of Kapus in Bcs list, turned violent when some protestors stopped Ratnachal Express and torched the bogies and a few police vehicles.
The Railway Protection Force (RPF) registered a case and the Railway Court summoned the suspects today.
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2016 Kapu quota agitation | Vijayawada railway court summons 40 in Tuni arson case
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2016 quota stir by Kapu leaders turned violent.
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The Ratnachal Express that was set on fire by protesters near Tuni on January 31, 2016. Photo: Special Arrangement
2016 quota stir by Kapu leaders turned violent. The Metropolitan Magistrate Court (Railway Court) served summons on 40 persons reportedly involved in the arson at the Tuni railway station in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh in January 2016.
The suspects, including Kapu Sangham leaders, were directed to appear in the court on March 2. The Railway Protection Force (RPF) registered the case on the incident in which a few railway staff were injured.