Hyderabad, June 5 -- Several Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leaders were placed under house arrest and preventive detention by police authorities ahead of chief minister A Revanth Reddy's visit to the Palamuru region for the second consecutive day on Friday, June 5.

In Nagarkurnool district, police reportedly prevented BRS leaders from leaving their residences to participate in protests and submit representations to the chief minister regarding various public issues. Among those detained were councillor Timmajipeta Pandu, Kotha Gangadhar, BRSV leader Vamshi Goud, and several others, who were later shifted to the Nagarkurnool police station.

The detained leaders objected to the police action, alleging that they were being denied a democrat...