The police today arrested former MLA and BJP leader Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy in Munugodu.
The arrest led to tense moments in the constituency for some time.
The arrest of Reddy took place when he was holding a protest alleging that the State government had frozen the money paid to the Golla Kuruma community of the Munugodu constituency under its Sheep Distribution scheme ahead of the Munugodu by-election.
He alleged that the State government was trying to take back the amount credited to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries by freezing their accounts, and demanded that the government immediately unfreeze the accounts.
Reddy was sitting on a protest for two hours by the time the police decided to arrest him.
The BJP activists there tried to stop the police from taking Reddy into their vehicle, and raised slogans against them. However, the police dispersed them and took Reddy to a police station.
Speaking as he was being arrested, Reddy warned the State government that he would lay siege to the camp office of Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao with the people of the Golla Kuruma community if his demand was not met.
He also alleged that the State government had cheated the dalits by promising the Dalit Bandhu scheme in the past, and that KCR had cheated all the sections by not fulfilling promises made to them.
He said that the BJP would continue to fight against the CM and the TRS till they fulfilled all the promises that they had made to the people.
Reddy's protest coincided with a massive welcome rally of the newly elected MLA of the constituency Koosukuntla Prabhakar Reddy.