Hyderabad, Oct. 28 -- Former Telangana Minister and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader Sabitha Indra Reddy and her son were placed under house arrest by Telangana Police at their residence on Wednesday.

The administrative crackdown came ahead of a scheduled public hearing on the controversial Musi River Development Project at the Water and Land Management Training and Research Institute (WALAMTARI) in Hyderabad.

Reacting sharply to the police action, the senior BRS leader accused Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy's administration of imposing "Emergency-like restrictions" to suppress opposition voices and evade accountability over public grievances.

Sabitha Indra Reddy alleged that the state government's immediate reaction to opposition ...