Stating that the arrest of "people's writer" Epuri Somanna was the peak of the TRS government's tyrannical attitude, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee chief N Uttam Kumar Reddy demanded that the state government release Somanna immediately and give an explanation.
Speaking to the media at Huzurnagar on Saturday, Reddy condemned the illegal detention of the "people's artiste, Telangana writer and singer" Somanna in a case pf family disputes.
He alleged that handicuffing Somanna was highly condemnable, and an example of the ruthlessness of the ruling party.
He also demanded that the state government explain why an MLA's wife was in the police station.
He alleged that the police under TRS government were creating a fear psychosis among the people in the state by indiscriminately attacking dalits and bahujans.