The City police on Friday, September 13, placed several Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leaders including former Finance minister T Harish Rao, former minister P Sabitha Indra Reddy and T Srinivas Yadav under house arrest.

Kukatpally MLA M. Krishna Rao and Qutbullahpur MLA K. P. Vivekanand Goud have also been placed under house arrest as police in Hyderabad, Cyberabad and Rachakonda commissionrates went on alert to prevent any violence in retaliation to Thursday’s attack on the residence of BRS MLA Padi Kaushik Reddy by the supporters of Gandhi.