Some party supporters were also whisked away by police
YSR Telangana Party founder Y S Sharmila was on Tuesday stopped by police here when she along with party workers was marching towards Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao’s official residence complex-cum-camp office in protest against the alleged attack on her and her party activists by the ruling TRS cadre.
Condemning the alleged attack during the state-wide padayatra called ‘Praja Prasthanam’ taken up by her in Warangal district on Monday, the YSR Telangana Party chief marched towards the Chief Minister’s camp office.
TV visuals showed during the march, she got inside a vehicle, (windowpanes of which were damaged) and was driving it, but was stopped by police.After she refused to come out of it, police brought a crane and towed away the vehicle as she sat inside.
Some party supporters were also whisked away by police.
Sharmila was later taken to SR Nagar police station.
Vehicular movement on the road on which the YSR Telangana Party leader and workers were marching was disrupted for some time.
Mild tension prevailed in Warangal district on Monday after a caravan being used by Sharmila as part of her ongoing state-wide padayatra was attacked and set on fire besides damage to windowpanes of one vehicle.