Congress leaders put under house arrest in view of Chalo Tank Bund today

Congress senior leaders Shabbir Ali, former minister Geetha Reddy are put under house arrest here in Hyderabad by the police today in the view of 'Chalo Tank Bund' march called by the RTC unions.

While the party leader Ponnam Prabhakar was house arrested in Hanamkonda. The state police are making prior arrests of the Congress leaders who extended their support to the TSRTC march on Tank Bund today.

So far, around 2,000 people were taken into preventive custody. The police have made elaborate security arrangements over the tank bund to prevent untoward incidents from occurring due to the planned protest.

The CP on Thursday denied permission for holding the march called by the TSRTC JAC. Meanwhile, the all-party leaders and RTC workers said that the march will be carried out irrespective of the permission.