Hyderabad: YSRCP Government has withdrawn prosecution against a Minister, two MPs and two MLAs in four cases, after 15 months, it coming to power in Andhra Pradesh. Criminal cases against Civil Supply Minister Kodali Nani, Rajampeta PV Mithun Reddy, Kadapa MP YS Avinash Reddy, Raichoty MLA G. Srikanth Reddy and Allagadda MLA G. Brijendra Reddy, which have been pending the MPs and MLAs special court, have been withdrawn.

Cases were withdrawn in Kadapa, Kurnool, East Godavari and Krishna Districts, while the Government issued a G.O seeking withdrawal of the prosecution. The Home Department issued orders withdrawing the against Nani and his followers. He was booked in 2015 for assaulting a public servant and on charges of wrongful restraint and unlawful Assembly. The case against Kodali Nani pertained to an agitation against the land acquisition for Machilipatnam Port. The Home Department also withdrew the prosecution against Mithun Reddy and Srikanth Reddy in the police station of Lakkireddypalli in Kadapa District.

The charge was that both the MP and MLA had trespassed and forcibly laid the foundation stone in 2015 while they were in opposition. The Home Department also withdrew cases booked against Avinash Reddy, who staged a protest with the body of a man in Kadapa in 2015 accusing cops of excesses. Thondur police registered a case against him under criminal intimidation and for violating orders of a public servant and wrongful restraint.