<p>YSR Telangana Party (YSRTP) president Y S Sharmila was on Sunday taken into preventive custody in Mahabubabad district in connection with a case booked against her for making alleged derogatory remarks against the BRS MLA Banoth Shankar Naik.</p>.<p>Based on a complaint by a local BRS leader a case was registered against Sharmila under relevant sections of the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, police said.</p>.<p>The complainant accused Sharmila of 'insulting' the legislator belonging to ST community, through her comments during her ongoing state-wide padayatra 'Praja Prasthanam' in Mahabubabad district on Saturday.</p>.<p>Police said they have cancelled permission for the foot march citing law and order situation, as her statement triggered protests by BRS partymen, demanding action against Sharmila.</p>.<p>"We have taken her into preventive custody and for her own safety she is being shifted to Hyderabad," a senior police official told PTI.</p>.<p>The padayatra of Sharmila, daughter of former CM of undivided Andhra Pradesh Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, and sister of current AP Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, has currently covered over 3,800 km and will complete 4,111 kms when it reaches Palair in Khammam district.</p>.<p>A massive public meeting is scheduled to be held on March 5 in Palair, where the padayatra is set to conclude on a high note. The padayatra began on October 20, 2021 from Chevella.</p>
<p>YSR Telangana Party (YSRTP) president Y S Sharmila was on Sunday taken into preventive custody in Mahabubabad district in connection with a case booked against her for making alleged derogatory remarks against the BRS MLA Banoth Shankar Naik.</p>.<p>Based on a complaint by a local BRS leader a case was registered against Sharmila under relevant sections of the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, police said.</p>.<p>The complainant accused Sharmila of 'insulting' the legislator belonging to ST community, through her comments during her ongoing state-wide padayatra 'Praja Prasthanam' in Mahabubabad district on Saturday.</p>.<p>Police said they have cancelled permission for the foot march citing law and order situation, as her statement triggered protests by BRS partymen, demanding action against Sharmila.</p>.<p>"We have taken her into preventive custody and for her own safety she is being shifted to Hyderabad," a senior police official told PTI.</p>.<p>The padayatra of Sharmila, daughter of former CM of undivided Andhra Pradesh Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, and sister of current AP Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, has currently covered over 3,800 km and will complete 4,111 kms when it reaches Palair in Khammam district.</p>.<p>A massive public meeting is scheduled to be held on March 5 in Palair, where the padayatra is set to conclude on a high note. The padayatra began on October 20, 2021 from Chevella.</p>