*Mustafa booked to settle political scores: Ambati*

Guntur, August 3: YSRCP Guntur District President and former Minister Ambati Rambabu strongly condemned the Chandrababu Naidu government, stating that former Guntur East MLA Mohammed Mustafa was being subjected to political vendetta through fabricated criminal cases. Addressing the media in Guntur, Ambati said the coalition government was misusing the police machinery to politically target YSRCP leaders after failing to confront the party democratically. He said a routine business dispute involving an advance payment of ₹36 lakh for a tobacco transaction had been deliberately converted into serious criminal cases, including kidnapping, attempt to murder and SC/ST Atrocities charges, solely to deny Mustafa and his son Basheer bail.
Ambati said police violated legal procedures by conducting late-night searches in apartments where Muslim women were residing. He stated that officers entered nearly seven apartment complexes in plain clothes between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m., harassed families and removed CCTV footage to conceal their actions. He said the police even attempted to trap Mustafa’s family by fabricating criminal evidence.
He criticised the police for issuing public notices announcing rewards for information leading to the arrest of Mustafa, a former two-time MLA, calling it a disgrace to the policing system. Seeking anticipatory bail and filing quash petitions are legal rights, he said, and portraying a former legislator like a fugitive was an abuse of authority.
Ambati further said the political harassment was being carried out under the direction of Union Minister Pemmasani Chandrasekhar. He recalled that the attack on his own residence, the destruction of his vehicles and his midnight arrest and custodial torture were also part of the same conspiracy, while those responsible were never arrested. He warned that every police officer exceeding legal authority would be held accountable through the courts and asserted that YSRCP would stand firmly with Mustafa’s family and continue its fight against political vendetta.