The police arrested Navyashree Rao, a television actress, as she was preparing to protest before Govind M. Karjol, district in-charge Minister, in Belagavi on Monday.
Ms. Rao has been seeking the arrest of Rajkumar Takle, a Horticulture Department employee, who, she alleged, sexually assaulted her.
The police arrested her near the Ramdev hotel where she was staying. She was planning to come to the district stadium to protest before Mr. Karjol. To ensure that the Independence Day celebrations were not affected, the police took her away.
