Cong protest in Hyderabad turns violent, several arrested

Hyderabad: The situation turned tense as the Congress’ call for siege of Raj Bhavan on Thursday was marred by violence. With police blocking the routes to Raj Bhavan, Congress party activists set fire to a two-wheeler and smashed windows of TSRTC buses.
Protests saw Congress leaders of Telangana getting into arguments with the police who were trying to pacify them and lead them away. When police tried to detain Congress leader Renuka Chowdhury, she objected and grabbed the collar of a police sub-inspector.
Also Read My hand slipped: Congress’ Renuka on grabbing Hyderabad cop’s collar Telangana Congress chief Revanth Reddy, CLP leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, Geetha Reddy, and other protesting leaders were arrested and taken to different police stations in the city.
The call for a siege of the Raj Bhavan was given to protest the alleged harassment of party leader Rahul Gandhi by the ED.
Police had tightened security around Raj Bhavan in view of the call given by Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC).
I strongly condemn this attack on TPCC spokesperson @kiran_chamala by police personnel… pic.twitter.com/WXtvs14RjM — Revanth Reddy (@revanth_anumula) June 16, 2022 Large number of police personnel were deployed to prevent protesters from gathering around Raj Bhavan.