Hyderabad, March 3 -- Telangana Jagruthi president K Kavitha was detained by police and taken to Narsingi Police Station on Tuesday evening, March 3, after she and her supporters staged a protest near high-rise structures being built by realty giants like Aditya Constructions in Narsingi, questioning why the state government was evicting the poor from Musi riverbanks in the name of beautification while leaving big builders untouched.

Kavitha and her followers had been holding a dharna near the construction site, alleging that Aditya Constructions was building just 30 metres from the Musi riverbed. She said complaints had already been filed with HYDRAA Commissioner AV Ranganath against four to five builders constructing close to the river...