On 15th, Oct-2011: Eight MPs and at least four MLAs are among hundreds of pro-Telangana agitators arrested by police today, as the three-day rail-roko agitation, called by Telangana statehood seekers, began on a violent note here, paralysing train services in Andhra Pradesh.The arrests were made under various provisions of Railway Protection Act and Indian Penal Code.
TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao and Joint Action Committee convenor M Kodandaram have been booked under the Railway Protection Act for giving the call for rail-roko, though they have not yet been arrested yet, Inspector General of Police (Law and Order) A R Anuradha said.
As many as seven MPs of the ruling Congress party, including Rajya Sabha member K Keshava Rao, and TRS MP Vijayasanthi were arrested.
Besides the arrest of 249 people, 2,133 people were taken into preventive custody in connection with the agitation. Last night, 718 persons had been already been taken into custody.
Incidents of violence were reported from different parts of Telangana, including the state capital Hyderabad.
Unidentified agitators removed fish-plates and railway track clips in Warangal and Karimnagar districts, she said.
A police sub-inspector was seriously injured on his head, while his gunman also sustained injuries, when a violent mob pelted stones on police at Mahbubabad railway station in Warangal district.
In Osmania University in Hyderabad, violence erupted as miscreants, in the guise of students, hurled stones at police, forcing the latter to use teargas to quell the mob.
An assistant drill instructor and two constables were injured when miscreants pelted stones on their bus. Passenger buses were damaged at Vanasthalipuram and Tarnaka in Hyderabad city.
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