Minister’s PA over removed over sexual harassment

A serious controversy has erupted in Andhra Pradesh’s Tribal Welfare Department after a woman teacher from Salur levelled grave allegations of sexual harassment, financial exploitation, and intimidation against Madapu Satish, the Personal Assistant to Tribal Welfare Minister Gummadi Sandhya Rani, and against the minister’s son Pridhvi.

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The allegations, surfacing alongside viral social-media screenshots, have triggered political tremors, forcing the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) to intervene.

According to the complainant, her husband died of Covid-19 in May 2021. Seeking employment under compassionate appointment, she alleged that Satish demanded money claiming that the Zilla Parishad Chairperson asked for the payment to process her appointment. Believing him, she paid 5-6 lakh through PhonePe and in cash. She was appointed as a teacher on December 15, 2021 in Salur.

However, she later learned that the ZP Chairperson had never sought money, and that Satish had taken the entire amount for himself. When she demanded a refund, Satish allegedly agreed to repay in installments and even wrote a note to that effect, but never returned the money. Instead, she alleged, he began to sexually harass her, sending vulgar messages and threatening to withhold repayment unless she fulfilled his demands.