Hyderabad, Aug. 12 -- Hyderabad Police on Tuesday detained Bajrang Dal members and BJP workers after they forcefully tried to enter the Peddamma Thalli temple in Hyderabad to offer prayers amid demands for its reconstruction.

The visuals from the spot showed Police lifting the protesting crowd from the road and corralling them into the bus.

The crowd had gathered outside the Peddamma Thalli temple after Hindu organisations had given a call to perform prayers, demanding reconstruction of the temple allegedly demolished by the government and revenue officials.

Earlier in the day, Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Ramchander Rao was allegedly put under house arrest over the row related to the temple.

According to a police ...