New Delhi: YSR Congress MP Mithun Reddy was sent to 14-day judicial custody on Sunday in connection with a case filed against him in November last year for allegedly assaulting Air India station manager K. Rajasekhar after he failed to accommodate the former's relative after the boarding time was over.

The police took the MP into custody at Chennai airport early this morning. Anticipating that they would foment trouble, six YSR Congress MLAs were detained as a precaution ahead of Reddy's arrest.