Hyderabad, April 17 -- A former Sarpanch and her husband were detained by the police on Friday, April 17, in Vallampatla village of Ellantakunta mandal, Rajanna Sircilla district, after they locked the doors of the village school over pending dues.

Under the Mana Ooru-Mana Badi scheme, the couple, Kethireddy Anusuya and Kethireddy Venkat Narsimha Reddy, had built three classrooms and one dining hall in the Zilla Parishad High School and Mandal Parishad Primary School at a cost of Rs 45 lakh with their own money.

They were reimbursed Rs 23 lakh, but the pending bills of Rs 22 lakh are yet to be sanctioned, an official from Ellantakunta police station told Siasat.com.

"The Gram Panchayat currently has around Rs 20 lakh. If they give us R...