The police prevented the Left party leaders from taking out a peace rally from Sundaraiah Vignana Kendram at Bagh Lingampally to the Old City on Saturday.
A rally led by Communist Party of India (Marx) state secretary B V Raghavulu and Communist party national leader Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy was interruptrd by cops who arrested them and said the leaders had not taken police permission before holding the rally.
Tension prevailed in the area for some time as the Left party leaders had an argument with police on their arrest.
Condemning the arrest of their leaders, the members raised slogans against the police. The members said the peace rally was aimed at restoring normalcy and national integrity in the trouble-torn areas of the Old City.