Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh police on October 2 picked up for questioning six civil rights activists from the temple town of Tirupati in connection with landmine blasts injuring Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and four others.

Three activists belonging to A P Civil Liberties Committee (APCLC), including Chittoor district unit President Hari Prasad, were detained by police and taken to a local police station for interrogation, the Committee's state General Secretary Prof Seshaiah told reporters in Hyderabad.

Along with them, two other civil rights activists belonging to Rayalaseema Praja Samithi (RPC) and a sympathiser of APCLC Uday were also picked up by police, he said.

The detained APCLC members were identified as Hari Prasad, M V Prasad and Kesav.

The police alleged that the detained civil rights activists had links with the outlawed People's War Group (PWG), suspected to be behind October 1 blasts.

PTI