Hyderabad: Telangana IT Minister, TRS working president KTR filed a defamation suit for Rs. 1.15 Crore against TPCC chief, Malkajgiri MP A Revanth Reddy on Monday. KTR filed this suit against the MP for linking him to a drugs case.

KTR had initially claimed damages for Rs 1.15 crore. Later, his advocates informed the City Civil Courts, where the suit was filed, that he was still in the process of collecting details of the extent of defamation and would arrive at a final figure afterwards. The TRS working president appealed to the court to direct Revanth to tender an unconditional apology for his statements on public platforms.

Revanth Reddy challenged to give samples for a drugs test at the Martyrs Memorial in Hyderabad on Monday. He reached with a huge number of his followers to the Martyrs Memorial. Reacting on MPs challenge KTR slapped a defamation case against him. He said that he was ready to give samples for a drugs test at AIIMS, Delhi, provided Congress leader Rahul Gandhi too comes to AIIMS and gives his samples.

Both KTR and Revanth Reddy took to Twitter on Monday with challenges and counter challenges against each other over the drugs case. The civil suit contends that the investigations are being done against the said accused and as a part of the investigations, various persons are being examined with none of whom KTR has any association or link for the alleged acts.

KTR has thus sought a declaration that such false statements made by Revanth Reddy are slanderous, libelous and constitute defamation and seeks an appropriate injunction against making such defamatory statements and to take down all such false statements/accusations.
Liberty has also been reserved in the suit for instituting further criminal proceedings and for payment of compensatory damages for such serious and malicious acts of defamation, said the suit.