Updated On: 11 December, 2024 11:38 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
As tension between him and his son Manoj rose, actor Mohan Babu ended up attacking a Telugu journalist from Hyderabad who asked him questions about the property dispute. The journalists sustained three fractures

Mohan Babu
Veteran Tollywood actor Mohan Babu attacked a media person on Tuesday amid tension and high drama at his residence in Hyderabad over a property dispute. The journalist had to be hospitalised and suffered multiple fractures in his zygomatic bone. An FIR has been registered against the senior actor for assault.
Fuming over a reporter of a news channel asking him about the ongoing dispute with his actor son Manchu Manoj, Mohan Babu, a former MP, snatched the mic and attacked him with it while using abusive words. Ranjith Kumar, the journalist for TV9 Telugu has been admitted to the Shamshabad hospital and has sustained three fractures. Following the attack, an FIR was registered by the Pahadishareef police station based on Ranjith’s complaint under Section 118(1) (Voluntarily causing hurt) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).