Ganta deplores Mudragada demand for release of arsonists

AP Human Resources Minister Ganta Srinivas Rao on Saturday deplored the Kapu supremo, Mudragada Padmanabham's fast-unto-death, demanding the release of all the 13 arrested in connection with Tuni violence. The Minister said the arrested were caught after four months of comprehensive investigation. It was made difficult by the arsonists of the Ratnachal Express and two police stations in Tuni wearing masks. After all that, is it proper on the part of the Kapu leader to demand their release, he asked. He said the investigations came out with pucca evidence to arrest the accused. Mudragada's demand was therefore too much. He was speaking to the media in Visakhapatnam. The Minister was particularly serious about the train burning.