Politicians like to hold on to their chairs, and some of them to other pieces of furniture too. The previous Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker, Kodela Siva Prasad Rao, is accused of grabbing a Nizam-era table, designer chairs, sofas, air-conditioners and some ‘personal’ computers among other things from his Speaker’s office in Hyderabad.
While the YSR Congress Party government has accused Rao of “stealing” government property, in a curious twist, thieves broke into the former Speaker’s private office in Sattenapalli on Thursday night and stole two government computers that he had reportedly taken away.
But, as news spread that police were examining CCTV footage, one of the thieves, a former employee, dumped the computers near Rao’s house and surrendered, said Sattenapalli Town Police Station Inspector Sarath Babu.
Meanwhile, Rao claimed that he had moved the furniture and electronic gadgets into his personal care out of fear that it could be stolen or damaged when the office was being shifted from Hyderabad to Amaravati.