Cops foil BCs' bid to lay siege to collectorates

Vijayawada: The police fo iled the attempt of leaders and members of various BC associations to lay siege to collectorates in the state protest against the govern ment's proposal to include Kapus in the BC list on Thursday . Some BC leaders were taken into custody and some others were kept un der house arrest. The BC le aders submitted memoran da to collectors all over the state.BC leaders, along with their supporters, staged protests at Machilipatnam Eluru, Guntur, Nellore Anatapur, Chittoor, Ongole and Kakinada and tried to block the collectorates in the district headquarters.
The police arranged blockades to prevent the agitators from barging into the collectorates. In Kaki nada and Visakhapatnam BC leaders, led by their sub caste leaders, took out a pa dayatra and tried to block the collector's office. The protestors were taken into custody . Similar protests were organised at Guntur Ongole, Nellore and Anantapur.