A case was registered against BRS MLA P Kaushik Reddy for allegedly obstructing the District Collector and other government officials from discharging their duties in Karimnagar district, police said on Wednesday.
The MLA from the Huzurabad constituency was booked under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), which came into force from July 1 and he perhaps became the first public representative in the state to be booked under the new law.
Kaushik Reddy, who had staged a protest during the Zilla Parishad General Body meeting here on Tuesday, “restrained” District Collector Pamela Sathpathy and others officials from discharging their duties, they said.
“Demanding immediate action against an official, the BRS legislator sat on the floor in the Zilla Parishad meeting hall when the District Collector was about to leave the conference hall,” a police official said.
The Collector told the legislator that she would enquire into the allegations (against the official). Dissatisfied with the reply of the Collector, he “obstructed” her from doing duty, police said.