Tight security has been arranged at the YSRCP and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) State offices and other parties’ and government offices in Guntur and NTR districts to prevent any untoward incidents, following the arrest of former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, on Saturday.
Police closed the service road leading to the A.P. Police Headquarters and the TDP office, at Mangalagiri. Vehicle-checking was being done on all the roads leading to Vijayawada and Guntur.
The Andhra Pradesh Special Police (APSP) Battalions, Armed Reserve (AR), OCTOPUS, law and order and other police forces were pressed into service. Rope parties were arranged along the National Highway, as the police were shifting Mr. Naidu to Vijayawada through the highway.
Pickets have been arranged at the houses of TDP leaders and they were kept under house arrest to prevent any trouble.
More than 20,000 police personnel were mobilised across the State, to thwart protests by the TDP cadre. The police were prepared with rioting gears and other equipment at public places.
Additional security forces have been deployed at the houses of the Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Ministers, Ministers, Parliament Members, MLAs and MLCs in the wake of an alert sounded with the arrest of the Leader of the Opposition.
