Hyderabad, Feb. 21 -- Telangana BJP Chief N Ramchander Rao was placed under house arrest late on Saturday night as a preventive measure ahead of his proposed visit to Kamareddy scheduled for Sunday, February 22.

Speaking over the phone, Rao said, "Police have placed me under house arrest tonight."

Tensions had escalated in Kamareddy following a "ghastly attack" by alleged Congress workers on the camp office of BJP MLA Katipalli Venkata Ramana Reddy. Rao planned to meet the stone-pelting victims in Banswada.

On February 20-21, violent clashes broke out between BJP and Congress workers in Kamareddy town. The tension was sparked by a dispute over Government Degree College land, which BJP MLA Katipally Venkata Ramana Reddy alleged was bein...