Several activists of Telugu Desam Party were taken into custody when they tried to take out a peace rally in the Goshamahal area here on Sunday.
The TDP leaders had earlier announced that they would organise Peace Rallies across the city to instill confidence among the people in the wake of twin bomb blast at Dilsukhnagar. However, when the TDP workers gathered at Goshamahal on Sunday, they were prevented from taking out a rally on the pretext of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's visit to the city. The TDP workers were arrested and shifted to Goshamahal Police Station.
On information, several TDP leaders gathered at the police station and held protest. Party's politburo member Yanamala Ramakrishnudu condemned the police for foiling the peace rally. He said that the police have displayed alertness in arresting the TDP leaders for holding peace rally, while it failed to foil a terror attack. He accused the State Government of having failed to act on an alert issued by the Central Intelligence agencies of a possible terror attack in the city.