High tension prevailed at Masab Tank on Friday when BJP OBC and BJP Mahila Morcha workers attempted to lay siege to the Damodaram Sanjeevaiah Samkshema Bhavan to protest incidents of food poisoning in government schools.
Hundreds of BJP workers gathered at Masab Tank to register their protest. The police were aware of the protest call and had assembled in large numbers since morning.
The protesters tried to rush toward the Samkshema Bhavan building, but the police swiftly intervened, taking several of them into custody. The protesters were dragged into waiting police vehicles and taken to the Goshamahal police stadium.