Hyderabad, June 29 -- Mandula Balu, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) town president of Armoor, was arrested by Nizamabad Police on Monday, June 29, in connection with the alleged assault of a school principal following a dispute over the teaching of Urdu at a private school in Armoor.

According to police, Balu was apprehended from a guest house in Ankapoor reportedly belonging to Paidi Rakesh Reddy, MLA from Armoor Assembly constituency.

The case was registered under Sections 329(4), 115(2), 118(1) and 324(4) read with Section 315 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

The case was registered based on a complaint filed by Mallaiah, correspondent of Bharat Chandra High School. The complainant alleged that Balu assaulted and verbally abused t...