A city police release on Sunday said that 331 people in about 42 cases have been taken into preventive custody for allegedly participating in protests under various police station limits in connection with the ‘Agneepath’ scheme dispute in Visakhapatnam city. was taken. Police Commissioner Ch. Srikanth, the police teams have taken him into custody.
Out of these, 34 people have been detained in IV Town police station limits, 29 under PM Palem police station limits, 28 under Kancharapalem limits and 24 under Airport police station limits. Similarly, the police have also taken 14 others into preventive custody in three separate cases for allegedly sending messages in social media groups against Agneepath, which could lead to law and order problem in the city. The police have also confiscated their mobile phones.