The recent roughing up of Dr Sudhakar by the Vizag police has been a talk of the town. On Friday, the High Court of Andhra Pradesh ordered that the CBI should launch an inquiry into the incident.

Soon after, TDP leader and former Minister Nara Lokesh took to Twitter to describe Jaganmohan Reddy as an "unmaadhi" and wrote that a Dalit doctor has been assaulted for being dutiful. "A maniac has labelled someone as a mad man for merely questioning the government. Dr Sudhakar's service to the people for a long time will be his Sri Rama 'raksha'. The CBI investigation will out the humiliation, threats and harassment meted out to the Dalit doctor, who had merely asked for masks," Lokesh tweeted out.

Dr Sudhakar had famously commented that PPE kits are not in an adequate number in the State.

ప్రభుత్వాన్ని ప్రశ్నించినందుకు పిచ్చివాడు అనే ముద్ర వెయ్యాలనుకున్నాడు ఒక ఉన్మాది.సుధీర్ఘకాలం డాక్టర్ సుధాకర్ ప్రజలకు చేసిన సేవే ఆయనకు శ్రీ రామ రక్ష.మాస్క్ అడిగినందుకు ఒక దళిత డాక్టర్ ఎదుర్కొన్న అవమానాలు,బెదిరింపులు,వేధింపులు అన్నీ సిబిఐ ఎంక్వైరీలో బయటపడతాయి#JusticeForDrSudhakar pic.twitter.com/kIRkITkhfF

— Lokesh Nara #StayHomeSaveLives (@naralokesh) May 22, 2020