Hyderabad, April 4 -- Political tensions escalated ahead of the Khanapur municipal leadership election as former minister Jogu Ramanna was allegedly placed under house arrest on Saturday, April 4, even as a Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) councillor was allegedly kidnapped in a separate incident.

In a video, Jogu Ramanna alleged that Chief Minister Revanth Reddy is taking control of the Home Department and targeting those who question him.

He alleged that the Congress government is acting in an undemocratic manner by placing BRS leaders under house arrest ahead of the Khanapur Municipal Chairman election.

Kidnap of BRS councillor

Meanwhile, family members of Pochavva, a councillor from the BRS, alleged that she was kidnapped by unknown p...