3 YSRC workers held for burning RTC buses

HYDERABAD: “Tmrw most likely boss arrest... be prepared 4 jail baro… Kotimreddy Vinay Reddy.” and “Be prepare around 4 pm tmrw, vl inform location tmrw… Kotimreddy Vinay Reddy”....These were some of the SMS that were being circulated among the supporters of  Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and ultimately led to the burning of  four buses at various places in the city on Friday even as the MP was being questioned by the CBI.The Cyberabad police on Saturday arrested three supporters of Jagan  who had allegedly conspired to burn RTC buses and damage government property in case their leader was arrested.In-charge commissioner of Cyberabad police Rajiv Ratan said  Miyapur police caught three workers of the YSR Congress  red-handed and foiled their plans to burn 100 RTC buses in Hyderabad -Cyberabad limits.During checking of vehicles early Saturday, a police team nabbed two persons, S Srikanth Reddy and K J Eliazar, when they were riding a motorcycle and recovered a bottle containing petrol, he said.The duo who was also questioned by Punjagutta police on Friday for agitating in front of Dilkusha Guest house where Jagan was interrogated by the CBI, confessed that they were workers of the YSR Congress Party and working with one Vellala Ram Mohan, who too belonged to the party, the police commissioner said.Based on the information given by them, the police arrested Vellala Ram Mohan as well, he said.  Ram Mohan too confessed that as per the instruction given to him by the state leaders of the party who included  Kotimreddy Vinay Reddy,  Putta Prathap Reddy, MS Raj Thakur and others,  he directed his two aides to set fire RTC buses and damage government property in case Jagan was arrested by the CBI. A case was registered against the trio, police said.