Mahbubnagar,Andhra Pradesh, May 21 : High drama was witnessed as Information and Public Relations Minister D K Aruna and Endowments Minister Jupally Krishna Rao from the district were arrested by police at different places in order to avoid a clash between their groups over the latter's padayatra.Police said Mr Krishna Rao was arrested at Aiza town when he was about to embark on his yatra and shifted him to Pebberu Police station.At the same time, when Ms Aruna was on her way with her supporters in Gattu Mandal, she was also arrested at Dharur and taken to police station.Enraged over the arrest of Mr Rao, his supporters enforced a bandh in Aiza town besides reportedly damaging windscreens of three APSRTC buses while the Congress workers in support of Ms Aruna staged a Rasta Roko on the Aiza-Raichur Highway and called for Gadwal Bandh.Mahbubnagar Superintendent of Police S Sudheer Babu said the arrests were made to avert law and order problems and the situation was well under control.Mr Krishna Rao, who had submitted his resignation to Congress president Sonia Gandhi in March demanding creation of Telangana state, had undertaken the Pada Yatra in this district from April 24 for the cause of Telangana and also to win back the party cadres who were deserting the organisation.
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