Chandrababu Naidu’s arrest: high alert sounded in A.P.
The Hindu
High alert in Andhra Pradesh after arrest of former CM N. Chandrababu Naidu. APSRTC suspends services, additional forces deployed at public places. Security tightened at court and magistrate's residence. Thousands of passengers stranded at bus stations, thronging to railway stations. Software engineer P. Prem Kumar stuck at PNBS in Vijayawada. TDP leaders house arrested, few shifted to police stations.
With the police arresting former TDP Chief Minister and Leader of the Opposition, N. Chandrababu Naidu, high alert was sounded in the State on Saturday, September 9, 2023.
Police forces have been mobilised at all the bus and railway stations and at the houses of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leaders.
The Andhra Pradesh Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) suspended services across the State. Additional forces were deployed at all the public places as a precautionary measure.
With the rumours spreading that Mr. Naidu will be shifted to Vijayawada and would be produced in the court, tight security has been arranged at the court and at the magistrate’s residence.
Thousands of passengers were stranded at the bus stations with the APSRTC cancelling services. As the buses were suspended, passengers were seen thronging to the nearby railway stations.
As it was holidays for two days on Second Saturday and Sunday, many people from Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru and other cities who had arrived to visit their native places, were seen stranded in Vijayawada.
“Ï came from Hyderabad to reach my native place to Gudivada, for the week end. But, I got stuck in the Pandit Nehru Bus Station (PNBS), in Vijayawada,” said a software engineer, P. Prem Kumar.
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Almaya Munnettam (Lay People to the Fore), group in the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church opposed to the synod-recommended Mass, rejected a circular issued by Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil and apostolic administrator Bosco Puthur on June 9 to implement the unified Mass in the archdiocese from July 3.
Pakistan coach Gary Kirsten stated that “not so great decision making” contributed to his side’s defeat to India in the Group-A T20 World Cup clash here on Sunday. The batting unit came apart in the chase, after being well placed at 72 for two. With 48 runs needed from eight overs, Pakistan found a way to panic and lose. “Maybe not so great decision making,” Kirsten said at the post-match press conference, when asked to explain the loss.