The Chirala police have arrested senior journalist N Nagarjuna Reddy on Friday, in connecting with a SC / ST atrocities case against him. He was going to attend a journalist union meeting in Vijayawada, when the Chirala police detained him at a checkpost near Guntur. He was produced before the Chirala Munsif Magistrate and was later sent to Ongole district jail on a 14-day judicial remand.

On February 6, Reddy suffered bleeding injuries in an attack by Amanchi Swamulu, the elder brother of Chirala MLA Amanchi Krishna Mohan, in broad daylight on the streets of Chirala after the latter reportedly brought to light the alleged corrupt activities of his elder brother. He lodged a complaint with the police against Swamulu before being admitted to a hospital in Vijayawada for treatment.