The police today took BJP floor leader in the Telangana Assembly G Kishan Reddy into custody while he was on to way to the City Police Commissioner's office to submit a memorandum on the problems of home guards.
After a meeting with home guards at the Basheerbagh journalists' union office, Reddy was proceeding towards the Police Commissioner's office for submitting a memorandum on their problems. The family members of home guards also attended the meeting.
Police personnel however stopped the MLA on the way and took him into custody, leading to mild tension in the Basheerbagh area.
The police also took some home guards into preventive custody when they were on their way to Hyderabad to attend the meeting. Sources said that over 120 home guards who were coming from Miryalguda in Nalgonda district were taken into custody.