Hyderabad: Police break into TJAC chairman Kodandaram's house, arrest him

Hyderabad: Hyderabad police arrested Telangana Joint Action Committee (TJAC) chairman Professor Kodandaram and other senior leaders in the wee hours of Wednesday, in order to prevent them from participating in the Nirudyoga Nirasana rally. A police team forcefully broke into the house of Kodandaram at around 3.30 am and detained the leader.

TJAC activists said that a team of police headed by East Zone DCP, Ravinder went to Kodandaram's residence in Tarnaka and asked him to surrender. But Kodandaram asked police to come after 6 am to arrest him. The police officials refused to leave and tried to persuade the leader.

Later, they broke the front door lock and entered the house. They took Kodandaram to various police stations and finally lodged him at the one in Kamathipura.

Senior police officials said that Kodandaram was taken into preventive custody in order to maintain law and order in the city.

Police also have arrested scores of other protesters from various places in the city and have moved them to different locations. A large police force is present at the Sundaraiah Vignana Kendram and at the Indira Park, where the protest is going to take place.

TJAC leaders alleged that these kinds of pre-dawn crackdown on protesters are unprecedented, as they had never happened even during the Telangana protests.