New Delhi,  Amid multi-layered security arrangements outside the Congress party headquarters in the national capital, the party workers on Wednesday staged an intense protest and were subsequently detained by the police.

The party workers were protesting against the questioning of their president Sonia Gandhi by the Enforcement Directorate.

Several barricades have been placed to prevent the Congress workers from taking out any kind of march towards the ED office.

The party workers, raising slogans, attempted to cross the barricades and were subsequently detained by police.

Till now several party leaders, including Sachin Pilot, have been detained.