Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA P. Kaushik Reddy was Thursday placed under house arrest by the police in Hyderabad to prevent him from leaving for the house of defected MLA Arekapudi Gandhi to offer him BRS scarf.

Police personnel were deployed outside Kaushik Reddy’s residence in Kondapur to prevent him from leaving the house.

The police have also beefed up security at the residence of Gandhi, who has announced that if Kaushik Reddy does not come to his house, he will visit him.