Hyderabad, April 22 -- In a major victory for the Hyderabad Disaster Response Assets Monitoring and Protection Agency (HYDRAA), the City Civil Court has dismissed the claim of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader Edla Sudhakar Reddy over the Bathukamma Kunta in Amberpet.

The court's verdict came on Tuesday, April 22, after a month-long legal fight between Reddy and HYDRAA counsels, initiated after the former filed a civil lawsuit in the court, staking a claim to the land.

HYDRAA commissioner AV Ranganath felicitated the counsels who put forward their arguments along with placing substantial evidence before the court, including the village maps, revenue records, Survey of India maps, satellite imagery and other evidence.

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