Hyderabad: The TDP (Telugu Desam Party) today (Nov 22, 2004) described as "hurried" the arrest of Kanchi Sankaracharya in a murder case and said that caution should be maintained in dealing with cases pertaining to prominent persons, including religious figures, "as it involved emotions and sentiments of the people".

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"As far as Shankracharya's arrest is concerned, it was a hurried step. The concerned Government should have not done so hurriedly," TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu said.

He said while dealing with prominent personalities, including religious heads of various sects and celebrities, by law enforcing agencies should be done in a transparent manner without hurting their position and status.

Naidu said, "There is a need to protect the sentiments and status of such personalities in probing the matter."