Many leaders of the Left parties including CPI(M) Srikakulam district secretary D. Govinda Rao and city convener T. Tirupati Rao were taken into preventive custody ahead of Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s visit to Srikakulam district on Monday.
Describing it as ‘misuse of power’ by the Police Department, Mr. Govinda Rao said that they were taken into custody even as they wanted to submit a memorandum to the Chief Minister over the pressing issues pertaining to the district.