BRS MP Kotha Prabhakar Reddy Stabbed

Medak MP and BRS candidate from Dubbaka for the forthcoming elections Kotha Prabhakar Reddy was stabbed in the stomach by an unidentified man during his campaign at Surampally village of Doulathabad mandal on Monday. Prabhakar Reddy has been rushed to the Gajwel Hospital, from where he is likely to be shifted to Hyderabad. The assailant meanwhile was thrashed by a crowd and handed over to the police. Video from the incident site shows  Reddy pressing the stab wound on his stomach while sitting in a vehicle. The man who allegedly stabbed the MP was "beaten up" by some locals. Reddy is the sitting MP from Medak in Telangana. He became an MP from the constituency in 2014 after KCR gave up his seat to become the chief minister.