Goa, Aug. 1 -- Activist Tehseen Poonawalla on Saturday alleged that he was placed under house arrest by the Delhi Police ahead of his planned protest march and indefinite hunger strike against the Centre's E20 petrol policy. The march was scheduled to proceed to Gandhi Smriti, where Poonawalla intended to launch his campaign opposing the ethanol-blended fuel initiative and demanding accountability from Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari.

Sharing videos from outside his residence on social media, Poonawalla claimed a large contingent of police personnel had been deployed to prevent him from leaving. He alleged that he was being detained without any formal order or written documentation. In one of the videos, he quest...