Kurnool, Aug. 14 -- Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and YSR Congress Party president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday met Alur MLA Virupakshi, who is currently lodged in jail under an SC/ST Atrocities case.

Virupakshi was arrested earlier this month for allegedly attacking a Dalit family.

Speaking to the media after the meeting, Jagan Mohan Reddy maintained that the party MLA was arrested in a false case.

The YSRCP chief said, "A village called Sangala in Chippagiri mandal is 6 km away. An activist named Giri from that village called MLA Virupakshi on the evening of August 1 and informed him that his house had been attacked." He alleged that the police did not respond to the MLA's call for help.

He alleged that the husband tore h...