Hyderabad: A group of pro-Telangana lawyers
on Friday held protest outside the Lake View government guest
house here, where members of the Srikrishna Committee on
Telangana are putting up.
The agitating lawyers, who raised slogans like
`Srikrishna Committee go back` and `Jai Telangana`, were taken
into police custody.
Pro-Telangana lawyers, who have been taking active
participation in the separate statehood agitation, also held a
protest at the airport here yesterday just before the arrival
of the members of Srikrishna Committee.
The advocates barged into the Rajiv Gandhi International
Airport premises and tried to stage a sit-in, but were taken
into custody by the police.
The lawyers last month held a massive protest in New
Delhi and some of them breached police restrictions and
reached up to Parliament.
Advocates had held protests at the headquarters of
Telugu Desam here and also gheraoed senior Congress MLA K
Jana Reddy for not quitting his post to mount pressure on the
Centre.
The Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC), formed to
spearhead the statehood stir, had called for "peaceful
protests" against the visit of the Srikrishna Committee.
PTI
