Several BRS leaders were placed under house arrest in Karimnagar on Saturday following the party’s bandh call protesting the BJP workers’ attack on the Karimnagar MLA’s camp office and Huzurabad MLA Padi Kaushik Reddy. Heavy police deployment was made to prevent untoward incidents.
Published Date – 9 May 2026, 10:20 AM
Karimnagar: In the wake of Karimnagar town bandh call given by the BRS, many of them were put under house arrest early on Saturday morning.
The BRS gave a call for Karimnagar town bandh to protest against the BJP workers’ attack on Karimnagar MLA camp office as well as on Huzurabad MLA Padi Kaushik Reddy.
A huge police force was deployed near the residence of Karimnagar MLA Gangula Kamalakar preventing him from coming out of his house. He was put under house arrest and the police closed the main entrance of his residence to prevent him from coming out and his followers going in .
Giving bandh call, the BRS appealed to the business community to support the bandh by voluntarily closing their business establishments.
However, BJP asked the business people not to support BRS since the bandh call was not given on public issues. Anticipating troubles, police officials deployed a huge police force to award any untoward incidents.
