Y S Sharmila Taken Into Preventive Custody After Staging Protest In Hyderabad

YSR Telangana Party (YSRTP) president Y S Sharmila was on Wednesday taken into preventive custody for staging a protest here over alleged atrocities against women in the State.
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Police foiled the protest as they violated the permission rules, and Sharmila and other party workers were removed from the venue.?
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Later, Sharmila was shifted to her residence.?
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Sharmila held a "silent protest" at the Rani Rudrama Devi statue located on the Tank Bund Road to commemorate International Women's Day, the YSRTP said in a release.
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The YSRTP chief was detained during her "silent protest", it said.
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Sharmila alleged that Telangana now has the dubious record of registering the most number of rapes and kidnapping cases against women, according to the release.
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The party workers were stopped as they violated the permission rules regarding the protest, a police official at Gandhi Nagar Police Station said adding a case was registered under relevant IPC sections.