The police on Sunday booked a cse against Andhra Pradesh Labour Minister Danam Nagender under the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The case was booked against Danam for assaulting and abusing a private employee, who hurled eggs on his vehicle, at Addagutta in Secunderabad. The incident occurred while Danam Nagender was going to attend the inauguration function of a hospital at Addagutta on Sunday morning. When his convoy was about to reach the venue, two persons travelling on a two-wheeler overtook the minister's convoy and one of them hurled eggs on Danam Nagender's vehicle.

However, while attempting to escape into one of the alleys, the miscreants, identified as Sravan Kumar, and Narasimha Yadav of West Marredpally, lost control and fell on the road. Narasimha managed to flee from the spot, however, Danam Nagender's supporters surrounded Sravan and started bashing him up. The minister also joined the group and hit Sravan with a lathi borrowed from one of the police constables present there. Soon, police intervened and rescued Sravan from the mob. The bruised man was then shifted to a nearby hospital.

Later in the evening, Sravan Kumar accompanied by Telangana advocates went to the Tukaramgate police station and lodged a complaint against Danam Nagender, National Students Union of India (NSUI) state president Veeravallabh and 20 of their supporters for abusing him, referring to his caste and then physically assaulting him. Based on the complaint lodged by Sravan Kumar, police booked cases under Sections 324 (Voluntarily causing hurt with weapons) and Section 3 (1) (10) of the SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. As part of the probe, police started gathering photo and video footage of the incident.