In a dramatic turn during gram panchayat elections in Medak, the husband of sarpanch candidate Cheriyala Sabitha went missing hours before polling in Gollapally village, Chegunta mandal. Police launched a search using drones and sniffer dogs, eventually tracing Janardhan Reddy in a nearby forest 12 hours later.

Medak: The husband of a sarpanch candidate from Gollapally village in Chegunta mandal went missing hours before polling on Saturday night, prompting the Chegunta police to launch a search operation using drones and sniffer dogs on Sunday morning.

The candidate, Cheryala Sabitha, alleged that her rivals had kidnapped her husband Janardhan Reddy. She expressed fears that he might have been killed by rival groups in the village.

However, her rivals rejected the allegation and a

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