Hyderabad: About 100 workers of Telugu
Desam Party were on Wednesday taken into custody when they staged a
sit-in in front of the city Police Commissioner's office here
demanding withdrawal of cases booked against party's
corporators.
TDP's two corporators, S Srinivas Reddy and Bhanu
Prasad, and an ex-corporator Dinesh Yadav were arrested by the
police in connection with the "attack" on a group of
pro-Telangana lawyers on March 6 here resulting in injuries to
seven lawyers.
The TDP activists were taken into preventive custody
when they staged the sit-in before the Police Commissioner's
office in the busy Basheerbagh locality, which led to traffic
jam, Narayanguda police said.
Following their arrests, the TDP corporators and the
ex-corporator had approached the Andhra Pradesh High Court
seeking bail, which had rejected their plea in the case.
A group of pro-Telangana lawyers and activists of TDP
clashed during the 'Maha Dharna' at Indira Park jointly
organised by TDP and Left parties on March 6 demanding
roll-back of hike in prices of petroleum products.
The three arrested were charged under various Sections
of IPC including attempt to murder.
PTI
First Published: Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 18:02