Congress MLA N H Shivashankar Reddy was booked for allegedly threatening to chop off hands if attempts were made to include villages of Gauribidanur taluk into the newly formed Manchenahalli taluk.
Going by the reports, the Gauribidanur rural police booked Reddy under appropriate sections of the Indian Penal Code based on a complaint lodged by disqualified legislator from Chikkaballapur K Sudhakar who claimed that a few villages from Gauribidanur would be included into Manchenahalli.
However, Reddy, at a recent public meeting, had stated that hands would be chopped off if such attempts were made.