Hyderabad: To foil lay siege to Pragati Bhavan, police shuts down Begumpet metro station

In an attempt to foil Pragati Bhavan lay siege by the Congress leaders, the police closed the Begumpet metro station which is near to the chief minister's office. There is no halt for the metro trains today at Begumpet station.

Meanwhile, the police intensified checking on the way to chief minister's camp office which ensued to the heavy traffic jam between Secunderabad and Begumpet.

The police are also taking the Congress leaders into custody who called for the lay siege to Pragati Bhavan today in support of the TSRTC employees. Revanth Reddy and Shabbir Ali were also house arrested and tight security has been deployed at Pragati Bhavan.