Watch: Hours after Telangana BJP chief’s arrest, his supporters clash with cops outside hospital

#WATCH | Jangaon, Telangana: BJP supporters tried to stage a protest and stop the vehicle outside the hospital, where Bandi Sanjay was taken for medical examination pic.twitter.com/woA1NBsjbB

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The Telangana BJP chief was taken into custody in a late-night operation on Wednesday. Sanjay said that his arrest was an attempt by the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Government to disrupt the arrangements being made for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Telangana on April 8 to flag off the Vande Bharat Express from Secunderabad to Tirupati, and inaugurate projects worth over Rs 10,000 crore.

He was brought to Palakurthi Government Hospital for a check-up on Wednesday morning. The BJP leader will be produced before a court in Warangal later in the day. Soon after the checkup, Sanjay was taken in a police van to Wardhanpet Police Station. Thousands of BJP workers are holding protests across the state against his arrest. Meanwhile,  BJP leaders are calling for a bandh on Thursday in Telangana.

The BRS accused him of “orchestrating” the SSC question paper leak on Tuesday. Kumar has so far been at the forefront of the BJP’s attacks on the BRS government over the leaks, accusing relatives of the CM’s family of being involved.

Meanwhile, the BJP said the arrest indicated the fear and chaos in the BRS. “What was the need to make the arrest past midnight? They could not wait till morning? Where would he run away? There is no basis for his arrest which is illegal. The BRS party is scared of BJP and wants to disrupt the PM’s programme later this week,” BJP General Secretary Premender Reddy said.

Earlier, the SIT probing the case had summoned Kumar to appear before it on March 24 and have his statement recorded and furnish proof regarding his allegations. The BJP chief had hit back at the time saying that instead of summoning him to produce proof, the SIT should investigate the matter and find the truth