| 1. Kotha Prabhakar Reddy is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Rashtra Samithi (BRS), formerly known as Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS). |
| 2. He won the Medak Lok Sabha seat in Telangana in 2014 by-elections and was re-elected in 2019. |
| 3. His daughter, K. Keerthi Reddy, was featured in the prestigious Forbes India 30 under 30 list in 2021. |
| 4. After his education, Reddy joined the family business Soni Transportations, a Hyderabad-based logistics company with many buses and trucks. |
| 5. He actively participated in the Telangana Statehood movement. |
| 6. In 2014, he entered politics with the TRS, winning the Medak seat in a by-election. |
| 7. In 2023, while campaigning for the Dubbak assembly constituency in Surampalli village, he was attacked and stabbed in the stomach by Gatani Raju, an individual reportedly associated with Jai Congress Mirdoddi Mandal. |
| 8. Raju was apprehended by local BRS members, faced arrest, and was charged with attempted murder. |
| 9. Prabhakar underwent a lengthy surgery at Yashoda Hospitals in Secunderabad after the attack. |
| 10. Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao pointed out the incident as an example of opposition-fueled violence and hooliganism. |
