HYDERABAD AUG 7(PTI): Opposition Telugu Desam (TDP) member of Andhra Pradesh state assembly P.SivaReddy was killed in a bomb attack in the heart of Hyderabad city on Saturday. TDP Leader K.Kala Venkata Rao, Member of State Legislative Assembly (MLA), and former assembly deputy speaker, Suranarayana Raju, who were injured in the explosion, have been admitted to a hospital.
Official sources said Siva Reddy was attacked with crude bombs while he was entering a marriage hall to attend a wedding.
Reddy had told the Assembly on Friday that despite several representations for adequate protection on earlier occasions following attempts on his life, the government had failed to respond, making it difficult for him to move in his constituency.
Article extracted from this publication >> August 20, 1993
