Guntur, July 18 -- A woman was allegedly assaulted in Krishna Babu Colony in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur district, with the victim accusing TDP leader Mallela Murthy of getting a group of transgender persons to attack her, police said.

According to the victim, the incident arose out of a dispute over a borewell. She alleged that on Murthy's instructions, the transgender persons pulled her saree and behaved in a humiliating and inhuman manner.

Nagarampalem Police have registered a case against Mallela Murthy and the transgender persons allegedly involved in the incident.

Police have taken the accused into custody, and further investigation is underway.

Earlier, a case had been registered at Saroornagar Police Station in Hyderabad after a w...