Hyderabad, April 15 -- Telangana Jagruthi president Kalvakuntla Kavitha was taken into custody by the police for staging a road blockade before the Revenue Divisional Office (RDO) in Vikarabad, in a protest against the land acquisition of 1,200 acre for an IT corridor in the district.

The farmers of Kadlapur and Raople villages in Parigi mandal of Vikarabad district have been protesting for over a week in Vikarabad against the land alienation notices served to them.

On Wednesday, April 15, Kavitha, along with Dharma Samaj Party (DSP) founder Visaradan Maharaj, joined the farmers' protest at the RDO's office.

The former Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader made a sit-in along with the farmers at the busy NTR Chowrastha near the RDO offic...