Mysuru Lok Sabha MP Pratap Simha was among the almost 100 persons taken into custody by the police in Hunsur near here on Sunday ahead of the Hanuma Jayanthi celebrations.
The Mysuru district police has permitted the organisers of the Hanuma Jayanthi celebrations to take out its procession on a specified route, while imposing prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC in the rest of the town.
Police said the gathering of Mr. Simha and his followers had violated the prohibitory orders, posing a threat to law and order in the communally sensitive town.
Heavy police security had been deployed in Hunsur since Saturday for the Meelad and Hanuma Jayanthi celebrations.
Meanwhile, tension prevailed in the town with supporters of Mr. Simha staging a protest demanding his release.
