By News Desk
Hyderabad: The Bajrang Dal threatened to give a bandh call in Banjara Hills if the issue of the ‘centuries-old’ Ammavaru temple at MLA colony, Road No. 12, is not resolved.
Tension is brewing at the place for two days after the local Shaikpet Tahsildar and his team had allegedly damaged a temple and locked the gate to the place, claiming it is government land.
Madhavi Latha holds protest
On Thursday, Kompella Madhavi Latha, a BJP leader and Hyderabad MP seat contestant, held a protest at the place demanding reconstruction of the temple and action against the officials.
“The state government demolished a temple and hurt the sentiments of the people. They are not allowing me to protest silently,” she told news agency ANI, adding that the structure was on government land and had been razed the previous night.
Madhavi Latha was forcibly removed from the protest venue and detained by the police along with other BJP leaders. She was later released.
This story was originally published in siasat.com. Read the full story here.
