Hyderabad, June 18 -- Police on Wednesday, June 17, took into custody BRSV State Secretary Jangaiah after he reportedly called for a protest demanding the release of notifications to fill two lakh vacant government posts in the state.

According to BRSV leaders, the arrest was made ahead of a proposed protest programme in which they had threatened to lay siege to the residence of Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy if the government failed to issue large-scale recruitment notifications.

Jangaiah alleged that while the Director General of Police (DGP) had publicly stated that around 20,000 police vacancies exist in the state, the government was talking about filling only 5,000 police posts. He said the BRSV was extending support to unemployed ...