Amid high drama, Maharashtra police arrested Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N. Chandrababu Naidu and 75 other party leaders who had reached Nanded to visit the controversial Babli project on the Godavari river.
Tension prevailed at Andhra-Maharashtra border as the Maharashtra Police took Mr. Naidu and nine other TDP leaders into custody after assuring them that they would be taken to the project site.
Later, the police arrested 66 other TDP leaders at the border near Dharmabad in Maharashtra’s Nanded district, about 350 km from here.
Mr. Naidu and other arrested TDP leaders including MPs, Andhra legislators and former ministers were taken to the Dharmabad police station.
Some TDP activists, who continued to stage protest at the border, alleged that Maharashtra police betrayed Naidu and others by promising to take them to Babli dam.
