Jaganmohan Reddy knifed by ‘fan’ at Vizag airport

Visakhapatnam | Friday | 26th October, 2018

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VISAKHAPATNAM: YSR Congress president Jaganmohan Reddy was stabbed in the arm with a 10cm knife inside the Vishakhapatnam airport on Thursday. Civil aviation minister Suresh Prabhu said an internal probe is on.Jaganmohan, who is on a padayatra, was returning to Hyderabad on Thursday. They said they had recovered a 10-page note from the accused.The Union civil aviation ministry ordered a probe into the attack. He was waiting at the VIP lounge of the airport when Srinivasa served coffee and snacks to Jagan and requested for a selfie, claiming to be a fan . The incident is being seen as a major security lapse at an airport that doubles as a naval airbase.Jaganmohan received a deep cut, necessitating hospitalisation..