Tirupati: Former TUDA Chairman Chevireddy Mohith Reddywas detained by police on Saturday at Bengaluru airport and released on Sunday by issuing 41 CrPC notice.

The police detained Mohith Reddy in connection with an attempt to murder case. The case is related to an attack on Chandragiri TDP MLA Pulivarthi Nani on Sri Padmavati Mahila Viswa Vidyalayam campus on May 14^th. Sri Venkateswara University police arrested 34 persons, mainly YSRCP activists in connection with the attack.

His name was later added to the list of accused in the case, prompting him to seek anticipatory bail from the High Court. His bail petition will come up for hearing on Monday. Mohith Reddy was taken into custody at Bengaluru’s Devanahalli Airport on Saturday night while he was on his way to Dubai to attend a wedding, along with his father and former YSRCP MLA Chevireddy Bhaskar Reddy, and his brother Harshith Reddy. Immigration authorities intercepted him.

A police team headed by Tirupati DSP Ravi Manoharachari, brought Mohith to SVU police station on Sunday morning. Following a brief questioning, Mohith was issued a notice under Section 41A of CrPC and released with conditions, including a travel ban.

After releasing from the police detain he addressing the media, and denied the charges against him, claiming that he was falsely implicated in the attack case. He accused the TDP-led NDA government of harassing him in the guise of case investigation. We will fight the false case legally. There was no attack on Pulivarthi Nani. My name was added as the 37th accused 52 days after the incident, he said.