Hyderabad, Jan. 7: Congress activists on Thursday attacked Reliance outlets in many places in the state after private TV news channels aired a report allegedly filed by a Russian website that named Mr Mukesh Ambani in relation with the death of Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy.
The report reportedly appeared in theeXile.ru, a Russian lifestyle magazine, on September 6 last year, four days after the death of the then Chief Minister in a helicopter crash. The report alleged that the crash was the result of a conspiracy.
theeXile.ru was banned in Russia in 2008 and shifted to the United States where it is facing restrictions.
The report surfaced in local TV channels on Thursday evening, and triggered attacks on the outlets belonging to the company. Police promptly posted personnel to guard the outlets.
Employees and guards of Reliance Fresh in the city downed shutters and in some cases abandoned their stores after they came under attack by Congress activists. Two Reliance offices in Brodipet and Lakshmipuram were attacked and local activists staged a dharna, a report from Guntur said. In Vijayawada, company officials closed their outlets as a precautionary measure.
In Gandhi Chowk, Nellore, activists attacked a Reliance Web World showroom and damaged glasses and furniture. They burnt computers and fled before the police reached the spot with their forces.
In Tirupati, Congress activists led by the Tirupati Urban Development Authority (TUDA) chairman, Mr C. Bhaskar Reddy, stormed Reliance outlets.
In Visakhapatnam, petrol and retail outlets belonging to Reliance were damaged.
Activists in Khammam called for a district bandh on Friday as a fallout of the report. Two closed Reliance petrol bunks were burnt in the district.
When asked whether any action would be initiated against TV channels for triggering such attacks, Hyderabad police commissioner B. Prasada Rao said, "We will look into the matter after verification."
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