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Andhra Pradesh: CID arrest 60-year-old woman for false comment on state govt over Vizag gas leak tragedy

The woman is a resident of Guntur district and had allegedly defamed the Jagan Mohan Reddy government by levelling fake charges

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Andhra Pradesh: CID arrest 60-year-old woman for false comment on state govt over Vizag gas leak tragedy

An elderly woman was arrested by Andhra Pradesh’s  Crime Investigation Department (CID) for her false comments over the government’s handling of Vizag gas tragedy.

The accused, a 60-year-old woman, was identified as P Ranganayakamma. She is a resident of Guntur district and had allegedly defamed the Jagan Mohan Reddy government by levelling fake charges.

The woman was booked by the CID under Section 41-A of the CrPc. According to reports, other provisions of the Indian Penal Code has also been invoked against her. If convicted, she may end up serving a prison term of three years.

The investigators are also probing the role of a man named M. Raghunath in the spread of misinformation against the state government.

However, the Opposition has disapproved the arrest of Ranganayakamma, calling it an attempt of the ruling regime to silence dissent. The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has demanded Chief Minister Reddy to intervene in the case and drop the charges levelled against her.

“I called up Ranganayaki Garu this morning & expressed my solidarity with her. She is the age of @ysjagan’s mother and yet he wants to harass her for questioning the Govt. This is a repressive regime that doesn’t want its people to voice out their opinions #SupportRangaNayakiMadam (sic),” TDP leader Lokesh Nara said on Twitter.

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For the uninitiated, the gas leak happened at LG Polymers factory in Vizag earlier this month and had led to the death of 12 persons. The state government had drawn flak as the factory had allegedly resumed operations without a risk-assessment. The Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) has initiated legal action against the company.

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