Police arrests BRS MLA Kaushik Reddy in extortion case

BRS MLA in Telangana, Padi Kaushik Reddy, was arrested by the Warangal police in the early hours of Saturday in a case of alleged extortion, police sources said.

The Huzurabad MLA was arrested at the RGI airport here and taken to



Warangal, they added.

The case was registered based on an allegation that Kaushik Reddy threatened a quarry owner and took Rs 25 lakh from him and demanded Rs 50 lakh more, the police said.