P. Balakrishna Reddy

On 7 January 2019, he was convicted under sections 147 (rioting) and 341 (wrongfully restraining any person) of Indian Penal code and section 3 of Tamil Nadu Property Prevention of Damage and Loss Act 1992 and sentenced to three years imprisonment in a case of rioting in 1998 in Bagalur village in krishnagiri by the special court.

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P. Balakrishna Reddy is a politician and former Minister of Tamil Nadu. He was elected as a MLA from Hosur in 2016. He started his political career from Bharatiya Janata Party. He had also served as the chairman of the Hosur municipality. He became Animal Husbandry Minister and later Youth Welfare and Sports Development Minister in Tamil Nadu.