Kapu quota stir leader threatens hunger strike; man ends life

February 02, 2016 01:50

A day after politically influential Kapus unleashed violence in parts of Andhra Pradesh, the man leading the stir today threatened an indefinite fast from Friday for inclusion of the caste in the OBC category, while a person from the the community allegedly killed himself over the quota issue.

Mudragada Padmanabham, the agitation leader, told reporters at his residence in Kirlampudi in East Godavari district after a meeting with community leaders that he and his wife would undertake an indefinite fast from Friday. Apprehending arrest by authorities, who might try to "disrupt" the agitation, the former Minister declared, "Nothing will deter me from going on fast and I am prepared to continue it even in jail." Kapus are a politically influential community, particularly in coastal districts.

Amid demand for reservation for Kapus, a man allegedly committed suicide in the East Godavari Collectorate building at district headquarters town of Kakinada demanding quotas for the community and special category status for Andhra Pradesh. Forty-five-year-old C H V Murthy hung himself from a dish antenna at Bennet Club in the Collectorate.

"A letter was found in his pocket which said he is ending his life for non-inclusion of Kapu community in Backward Classes list, as also Central government not according special category status to Andhra Pradesh", Police Inspector (Special Branch), Kakinada, V Srinivas, told PTI by telephone.

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