Telangana BJP Leaders Detained During Protests Over Bandi Sanjay's Arrest

BJP held protests in various parts of Telangana to condemn Bandi Sanjay's arrest. The protesters raised slogans against the BRS government.

Telangana police detained BJP MLAs Raghunandan Rao and Eatala Rajender and other leaders on Wednesday while the BJP has called for state-wide protests against the arrest of party's state unit president Bandi Sanjay Kumar.

Telangana police detained Bandi Sanjay from his residence in Karimnagar on Tuesday night and transferred him to the Bommala Ramaram police station in the Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district. A tense situation prevailed around the police station as scores of BJP workers reached there to stage a protest against the arrest of Sanjay.

Raghunandan Rao was detained near the Bommala Ramaram police station when he wanted to meet police officers. The protesters, including women, raised slogans against the police. Several protesters were arrested.

According to an IANS report, another BJP MLA Eatala Rajender was also detained by the police at Shameerpet on the outskirts of Hyderabad. The MLA was taken into preventive custody. He questioned the police's action for detaining him when he was going to the BJP office.

Meanwhile, BJP held protests in various parts of Telangana to condemn Bandi Sanjay's arrest. The protesters raised slogans against the BRS government.

Union Tourism Minister G. Kishan Reddy condemned Sanjay's arrest. He called Director General of Police Anjani Kumar to inquire about the case in which he was arrested. The DGP said details of the case would soon be made public.

BJP State General Secretary Bangaru Shruthi has moved a Habeas Corpus petition in High Court over the detention of state BJP president & MP Bandi Sanjay said Rachna Reddy, High Court advocate, and BJP spokesperson, reported ANI.

Bandi Sanjay was detained a day after Sanjay demanded Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao reveal his post-graduate degree certificates. Sanjay had earlier held the KCR government responsible for the leakage of question papers of the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) and of class 10. He also called for the resignation of CM KCR and Minister K T Rama Rao from the Cabinet.