YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy was injured on Thursday when he was stabbed on his left arm by a staffer at the Visakhapatnam Airport.

Visakhapatnam: In a massive security lapse, Jaganmohan Reddy, chief of the YSR Congress Party, was attacked at the Visakhapatnam Airport here on Thursday. A man, working at the Vizag airport, stabbed Reddy on his left arm with a sharp object when he was coming out of a lounge at the airport. Reddy, the leader of the opposition in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, was reported to be fine and was taken to a nearby hospital for the wound he received in the attack.

 Jaganmohan Reddy attack incident:

1. Reddy was stabbed on his left arm by the man who works at a canteen at the airport. The man, identified as Srinivas, managed to come close to the YSRCP chief on the pretext of taking a selfie with him. The man has been detained and is being questioned. Unconfirmed reports also said that the attacker had been removed from the job two days ago but he had not returned his identity card and airport entry pass.
2. Andhra Pradesh Home Minister NC Rajappa said an inquiry was underway to ascertain what triggered the attack. “Opposition leader Jaganmohan Reddy was attacked at Visakhapatnam Airport today. The attacker has been identified as a worker at the airport. He approached Reddy asking him for a selfie and attacked him. He has been taken into custody and an inquiry is underway,” Rajappa told reporters.
3. Union Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu has expressed shock at the incident and ordered an investigation. “Shocked by attack on Mr Jagan Reddy,Asked all agencies to investigate matter thoroughly,including @CISFHQrs .Asked secretary civil aviation to fix responsibility.I strongly condemn this cowardly attack,we will punish the guilty.Investigations are underway, started immediately (sic),” Prabhu tweeted.
4. Preliminary investigation revealed that Srinivas works at a canteen run by Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader Harsha Vardhan. In view of the revelation, the YSRCP has alleged a TDP conspiracy behind the attack. “There is definitely a political motive behind this,” YSRCP MP YV Subba Reddy said. The TDP, on the other hand, condemned the incident. “We condemn the attack on Mr Jaganmohan Reddy,” party MP Dinakar Lanka said. Meanwhile, YSR Congress supporters, outraged over the attack, gathered outside the airport and demanded action.
5. The incident is being treated as a massive security breach. While the fact that the man worked at the airport explains how he managed to get close to Reddy, but speaks a lot about the security at the airport as the attacker managed to carry a sharp object and attack the politician. The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), which is responsible for security at all airports in the country, has denied it as a security lapse. The CISF said the incident happened in the area where people are not frisked.
6. Meanwhile, Asaduddin Owaisi, the Hyderabad MP and chief of the All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen Party (AIMIM), has strongly condemned the attack. “I strongly condemn the cowardly attack on @ysjagan this is a major security lapse which must be probed @sureshpprabhu how can a person bring a dagger inside the airport,and in a lounge ,politicians are vulnerable with this NEW phenomenon of selfies (sic),” Owaisi wrote on Twitter.