Archive · 26 Aug 2026
Jagan Alleges Mafia Situation Amid Andhra Pradesh Law Order Questions
YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said there are serious law and order problems in Andhra Pradesh.
He discussed a car accident involving two police sub-inspectors and a driver.
He said the people in the car were allegedly intoxicated.
Villagers reportedly recorded the vehicle and found ganja and liquor inside it.
Police officials gave different explanations about what the officers were doing.
One explanation said they were chasing a suspicious person.
Another said they were conducting a planned raid.
The officers reportedly said they were taking someone for medical treatment.
Reddy said the officers should be arrested instead of only facing disciplinary action.
He also accused police, politicians and criminals of working together, but the reports presented this as his allegation.
YSRCP chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy questioned Andhra Pradesh’s law and order situation.
Reddy cited a road accident allegedly involving two intoxicated police sub-inspectors and a driver.
He claimed villagers found ganja and liquor in the vehicle and accused police of trying to protect the officers.
Officials reportedly gave differing explanations for why the police personnel were traveling in the car.
Reddy demanded arrests rather than disciplinary action and alleged cooperation among police, politicians and criminals.
- Who
- YSRCP chief and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, Andhra Pradesh police officials and two police sub-inspectors.
- What
- Reddy criticized the handling of an alleged intoxicated-police road accident case and raised broader law and order concerns.
- When
- Wednesday; no specific date was provided.
- Where
- Reddy spoke to reporters in Tadepalli; the incident occurred in Andhra Pradesh.
- Why
- Reddy said differing official accounts and the alleged presence of ganja and liquor required arrests and demonstrated a serious law and order failure.
Jagan Reddy’s allegations
Police explanations and reported action
What the officers were doing
Jagan Reddy’s allegations
Reddy pointed to contradictions between officials’ accounts and the officers’ statements, arguing that the explanations were being used to protect them.
Police explanations and reported action
The DSP reportedly said the officers were chasing a suspicious person carrying ganja, while the SP said they had been sent with prior information to conduct a raid; the officers reportedly said they were taking someone for treatment.
Appropriate response
Jagan Reddy’s allegations
Reddy demanded that the officers be arrested and put behind bars rather than face what he called nominal disciplinary action.
Police explanations and reported action
The reported response was disciplinary action, while the article does not state that arrests had been made.
Broader law and order situation
Jagan Reddy’s allegations
Reddy alleged that police, politicians and criminals were working together in a mafia-like arrangement involving drugs.
Police explanations and reported action
The article presents this as Reddy’s allegation and does not report an official acknowledgment of such an arrangement.
- Speaker
- YSRCP chief and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy
- Location of remarks
- Tadepalli
- Incident
- A road accident allegedly involving two police sub-inspectors and a driver
- Alleged substances
- Villagers reportedly found ganja and liquor in the vehicle
- Official accounts
- The DSP, SP and police personnel reportedly gave differing explanations for the officers’ presence in the car
- Reddy’s demand
- Arrest the police officials rather than impose only disciplinary action