Police detained YSR Telangana Party (YSRTP) chief Y.S. Sharmila along with party leaders on Friday before they reached the office of the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) in Hyderabad to hold a protest against the question paper leak issue.
According to a report by news agency IANS, police tried to stop the protesters but Sharmila, defying police action, tried to go ahead with the planned protest, leading to commotion.
Women police personnel shifted Sharmila to a police vehicle. The police also detained other protesters, who were later taken to a police station.
Earlier, Y.S. Sharmila alleged that only "small fish were arrested in the paper leak case while the powerful ones were roaming freely", and demanded a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
She also criticised the state government for preventing her from holding a peaceful, democratic protest and alleged that the police put her under house arrest whenever she tried to protest. "They have also issued a lookout notice for me. Am I a criminal?" she asked.
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Earlier on Tuesday, Hyderabad Police stopped YS Sharmila from leaving her Lotus Pond residence for Osmania Hospital for a visit to know the problems faced by patients . A scuffle broke out between Sharmila's supporters and the police when she came out of her residence and in the chaos she fell down.
YSRTP said its leader wanted to conduct a 'Janata Raid' at Osmania Hospital to enquire about the problems faced by patients and the pathetic facilities. Later, Sharmila sat on a dharna outside her residence over the issue.
Speaking to the media outside her house, she appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to take cognizance of what she called "tyranny" by the CM KCR-led government in Telangana.