TDP suspends MLA over sexual assault allegations

Amaravati: The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Thursday suspended its MLA Koneti Adimoolam after a woman leader of the party accused him of sexual assault.

Adimoolam is the MLA from the Satyavedu constituency. The party suspended him hours after a video surfaced on social media in which he was seen misbehaving with a woman in a hotel. She alleged that the MLA was sending her vulgar messages on the phone during night hours.

Taking serious note of the allegation, TDP state President Palla Srinivasa Rao issued a statement, announcing the suspension of the MLA. Earlier, addressing a press conference in Tirupati, the woman leader of the TDP revealed the video evidence of the MLA’s alleged misbehaviour with her. She claimed that the video was shot through a pen camera.