Judge's son beaten up by Telangana minister's gunman after close shave with convoy

The son of an additional district judge in Telangana was physically assaulted in Hyderabad after he accidentally drove past the convoy of prohibition and excise minister T Padma Rao.

The incident reportedly took place at around 8 30 pm on Thursday, when Ganesh, the son of VII additional district judge Srinivas Rao was getting back home to the Judges' quarters in Marredpally and almost hit a vehicle in the minister's convoy as he was exiting the quarters, the Times of India reported.

A gunman, reportedly from the Intelligence Security Wing, got out of the convoy vehicle and started physically assaulting Ganesh, as locals present realised that it was Rao's convoy .

The victim, was taken to Gandhi hospital and suffered serious injuries, mainly to his ear and may have to undergo a surgery soon. He went on to lodge a police complaint at 11 pm. 

"When the Maredpally police enquired with the minister about who were the gunmen on duty , they found that Kasi Ram and Chand Pasha were in the convoy. A case was registered under IPC section 324 (causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means)," ACP Tirupathi Rao told TOI.