Several BRS leaders were placed under house arrest or taken into preventive custody ahead of Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka’s visit to Hanamkonda district on Wednesday.
Former government chief whip and former MLA Dasyam Vinay Bhaskar was placed under house arrest at his residence in Waddepally. Former KUDA chairman Marri Yadava Reddy and
several BRS leaders from the Kazipet division were taken to Hasanparthy police station.
Former corporator Dasyam Vijay Bhaskar was arrested when he went to meet the detained leaders. Former corporator Soda Kiran, Warangal West constituency coordinator Puli Rajinikanth and BRSV district president Bairapaka Prashanth were also arrested.