Sakala Janula Samme: Rail Roko - Karimnagar District

On day 33 of Sakala Janula Samme today - 15 October 2011, first day of the 3-day rail roko protest called by Telangana Political Joint Action Committee (TJAC) has begun as scheduled.

In Karimnagar district police arrested many top leaders among the protesters at various places. TRS floor leader Eatela Rajender was arrested at Uppal station while organizing rail roko. In Ramagundam, Cong MP Vivek and Somavarapu Satyanarayana MLA werte taken into custody. MP Ponnam Prabhakar and former minister Jeevan Reddy were taken into custody while they were going in a Tata Sumo to Jammikunta railway station to hold rail roko there. Peddapally MLA Koppula Easwar was house-arrested as precautionary measure.