Tirupathi, April 18 -- A case was filed against former Chairman of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Bhumana Karunakar Reddy at the SV University Police Station on Friday by TTD board member Bhanu Prakash Reddy, who alleged that Karunakar spread false information about the SV Ghoshala.

Following the complaint, a case was registered under Sections 353 (1) and 299 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Act and Section 74 of the IT Act, as per Ramayya, Circle Inspector, SV University Police Station.

Meanwhile, on April 17, amid the heightened tensions over the alleged death of cows in the state, Karunakar Reddy staged a protest by lying down on the road after the police denied him permission to visit the TTD Goshala.

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