http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/15/stories/2007071557820100.htm
Front Page Usha Mehra panel arrives in city Special Correspondent Commission to conduct public hearing HYDERABAD: Attempts by Mala Mahanadu to confront Usha Mehra, chairperson, and members of the National Commission for categorisation of SCs in the State, at the airport here, went in vain as the police drove away the panel secretly immediately on its arrival late on Saturday night. The commission is in city to conduct a public hearing amidst a call given by rival factions of Mala Mahanadu to obstruct the proceedings at the Hyderabad Collectorate on Sunday. Blessing in disguise The police hoodwinked onlookers at the airport by posting a huge force at one exit and driving away Ms. Mehra and her colleagues from another point meant for international flights around 10 p.m. A heavy downpour just before the scheduled arrival of the flight from Delhi was a blessing in disguise for the police as it ensured thin attendance at the airport. Earlier, police arrested leaders of both factions of Mala Mahanadu that are opposed to categorisation of SCs and shifted them at Bolarum and Trimulgherry police stations. They would be detained there until the completion of hearing on Sunday evening. The president of one faction, Jupudi Prabhakar Rao, was picked up from the New MLA Quarters while his rival, Karem Sivaji, and 25 others were arrested as they were approaching the airport. Mr. Rao, an MLC, was at his quarter at the time of arrest. Tomatoes and eggs His outfit had planned to attack the commission with tomatoes and eggs when it landed in the city. Mr. Rao claimed that four squads were put on the job. The rival factions had created a scene when two directors of the commission had received representations for and against categorisation at the Ambedkar Bhavan last month.
