Police detain BRS leaders ahead of Revanth Reddy’s Sircilla visit

Police launched a widespread preventive detention operation across Rajanna Sircilla district and parts of Karimnagar district ahead of Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy’s visit to Karimnagar and Sircilla on Wednesday. They detaining BRS leaders, former public representatives, youth and student leaders, farmers and auto-driver organisations representatives.

Around 1,600 police personnel were deployed across Sircilla and Vemulawada constituencies, and another 550 personnel in Karimnagar city, with police keeping a close watch on opposition leaders and civil groups amid apprehensions of protests and demonstrations during the



Chief Minister’s public meeting.

The detentions began late Tuesday night and continued into the early hours of Wednesday. Several BRS leaders were picked up from their homes and taken to police stations, while others were placed under house arrest. BJP leaders and youth functionaries were also detained in several areas.

In Sircilla, BRS district president Thota Agaiah was placed under house arrest. Former sarpanches’ forum district president Matla Madhu, BRS town secretary Myana Ravi and senior leader Diddi Raju were among those detained. BRSV State leader Kancharla Ravigoud was also taken into custody.