Jaradoddi Sudhakar, former MLA of Kodumuru in Kurnool district, has been arrested by the police following allegations of sexual assault against a girl who worked in his house. The incident, captured in a viral video on social media during elections, led to the registration of a case under the POCSO Act. Sudhakar was apprehended from his residence in Kurnool and subsequently taken for a medical examination.
Criticism from TDP cadres has mounted against Sudhakar’s alleged misconduct. He contested and won the 2019 elections on a YSRCP ticket but was not nominated in the 2024 elections, replaced by Satish, the brother of former minister Adimulapu Suresh.