Srinivasa Rao, Not A YSRCP Sympathiser: Parents 

Visakhapatnam: The investigating team probing the murder attempt case of YSRCP Chief and Leader of the Opposition, Andhra Pradesh, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy brought the parents of Srinivasa Rao, the main accused from Thanelanka , Mummidivaram Mandal to Visakhapatnam today. The parents of the attacker Savithramma and Tata Rao have stated that neither their son Srinivasa Rao nor they have any connection with the YSRCP Party.

After being thoroughly interrogated by the police on Thursday, his parents said that Srinivasa Rao was hardly there in the village and had never interacted with YSRCP leaders or participated in party activities. After being interrogated separately about his behaviour and other activities, they were brought together and made to sit face to face with the accused.

In an emotional outburst, his parents shouted at him for his alleged attack and for the disgrace he had brought to their entire family and the village. Crying inconsolably, they asked him as to why he had committed this crime and who provoked him to do such a heinous thing. Despite their emotional outburst the accused seemed to have no look of remorse on his face and said nothing to them.

On the fifth day of interrogation his call data was verified and four people ,Sayeeda Bi SHaik , Ammaji Shaik Nagar Vali and Rasool were brought in for investigating and sent back in the morning hours after their statements were recorded.

They also interrogated three women who were working in the Airport restaurant Fusion Foods which is run by Harshavardhan Prasad Choudary.

Police are examining every evidence from the CCTV footage to YS Jagan's padayatra schedule and the call data reveal l that he had spoken to 321 people where 40 people were checked and interestingly out of the 40, 25 of them are women. Srinivasa Rao's custody ends and he will be shifted to the Central Jail today. Statements of the witnesses, his parents , and others have been recorded and a report is filed to that extent. It is learnt that the SIT is planning to file a petition for extending his judicial custody in the local court.

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