Hyderabad, Feb. 13 -- The Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday, February 13, alleged that Nalgonda district president Dr Nagam Varshith Reddy was attacked by the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) when he pointed out irregularities at a polling booth during the state municipal elections two days earlier, and called for the suspension of the officer.

In a complaint submitted to the Director General of Police (DGP), the party said that on the day of polling for the Telangana municipal elections, that is, February 11, Nalgonda DSP Shivaram Reddy allegedly forcibly dispersed people from a 100-metre radius of the 10th division polling station without any lawful justification.

The party also alleged that "suspicious individuals...