Pawan Kalyan taken into preventive custody, barred from visiting arrested TDP chief

The Andhra Pradesh Police took Janasena party president Pawan Kalyan into Preventive Custody as the leader condemned the arrest of TDP Chief N Chandrababu Naidu and tried to proceed to convey his support to the former CM.

Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) :The Andhra Pradesh Police has taken Jana Sena party president and actor Pawan Kalyan and its senior leader Nadendla Manohar into preventive custody in the NTR district of the State, a police official on Sunday. They are being shifted to Vijayawada city located in the Amaravati Capital region, he said, adding that no case has been lodged against them as of now.

Pawan Kalyan had condemned TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu's arrest in a pre-dawn operation at Nandyala on Saturday. Kalyan attempted to head towards Vijayawada to convey his solidarity with the former chief minister. The police, however, managed to ensure that Kalyan's special flight to Vijayawada did not take off from Hyderabad, forcing the Janasena party chief to take the road route. His convoy was blocked in the NTR district twice on Saturday, forcing Kalyan to alight from his vehicle and walk towards Mangalagiri in Vijayawada.

On being blocked from heading towards Vijayawada, Kalyan laid and on the road at Anumanchipalli, compelling the police to take him into preventive custody. "We have taken Kalyan and Manohar into preventive custody. We are taking them to Vijayawada," Nandigama Sub-Divisional Police Officer Janardhan Naidu told PTI. He said the duo would not be produced in front of a judge as it is only preventive custody. (PTI)