Telangana Rashtra Samithi activists on Tuesday attacked Telugu actor Mohan Babu's son Manchu Manoj and daughter Lakshmi Prasanna atKompally on a shooting spot. The TRS activists attacked them at the shooting of an untitled film being directed by K Raghavendar Rao in which Manchu Manoj is playing the lead role. The movie which is being produced by Laksmi Prasanna was being shot in a rented building in 'Canton Park' a gated community at Kompally in Pet Basheerabad when about 30 activists barged in at 11 am and started raising 'Jai Telangana' slogans .
The activists demanded Manoj and Lakshmi to leave the place immediately and broke the glass panes of the building.Police reached the shooting spot and sent the actors away safely from the venue. Interestingly, the attack happened two days after KCR hit out at Mohanbabu for supporting united Andhra movement. Actors Bramhanandam, M S Narayana, director K Raghavendar Rao and about 200 film crew were present at the shooting apart from Mohanbabu's kins during the attack. Though none of the actors were injured in this attack, Mohanbabu's family was shocked by the incident .
His daughter Lakshmi Prasanna alleged that the SI of Pet Basheerabad Mahesh Goud was in nexus with the attackers and behaved rudely with her."Our crew formed a human chain from the activists getting into the building. SI Mahesh Goud let the activists in and allowed them to attack ourcrew. The SI was very rude to me.Our still photographer, children and junior artistes were beaten up. Someone held my hand and tried to pull me which is when my brother Manoj pushed him away.Police failed to protect us. We couldn't shoot for the last two days due to this tense situation and now we shelved our shooting for the next four days.I am just doing my work and who are they to ask me to leave the city?" Lakshmi Prasanna said.
Mohanbabu became furious and said that Hyderabad is no one's personal property. He declared that he will continue shooting in the city and asked TRS Chief KCR not to instigate Telangana people. He said that Hyderabad belongs to Muslims and if that if 'outsiders' were to leave,everyone except Muslims should leave the city.
"Hyderabad is no body's ancestral property. This city belongs to everyone. How dare you attack my son and daughter. If you have guts come to my place. Film industry came to Hyderabad from Chennai because the then CM Chenna Reddy requested us to do so. Who are you (KCR) to ask me to leavethis city? There are 33 per cent Muslims in this city and they own this city. If outsiders are to leave this city, then only Muslims will stay in Hyderabad and everyone else should leave the city.I have adopted a village in Mahabubnagar district after the recent floods with the thought that we are all Telugu people. We have the right to work and stay anywhere we want and we will continue to shoot our movie in the city" Mohanbabu told the media personnel at his residence in Film nagar after the incident. He claimed that he has the right to express his views and reside and work anywhere in this country and is also willing to start United AP movement inthe city if one from each family in the city is willing to participate in it .Surprisingly, Pet Basheerabad Police filed cases under section 447, 323 and 427 on Lakshmi and Manoj for attacking the activists and local media.
Police officials said that they were shooting for the movie without their permission and the cases were filed on Mohanbabu's children under charges of attacking people and police."We never behaved rudely with Mohanbabu's daughter.We protected them from TRS activists and sent them away safely. I told Mohanbabu a few days ago not to shoot here as there are a lot of TRS activists residing in that gated community. But they didn't listen to me. Since Lakshmi Prasanna and Manoj beat up a few people there, we filed cases against them" said Mr Srinivas Reddy, Inspector, Pet Basheerabad. Mohanbabu and his children however rubbished the allegations of the cops that they attacked the Police.
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