Abdalla Hamdok, the Prime Minister of Sudan, has been placed under house arrest, Associated Press reported on Monday, 25 October.
Forces from the Sudanese military took him to an undisclosed location.
The military has not issued any comment on the matter yet.
This development took place after Sudanese soldiers arrested many members of Sudan's civilian leadership, that is, the members of the cabinet. Many pro-democracy leaders were also detained in what seems to be a military coup.
A witness told Reuters that he saw troops from the military and even paramilitary forces patrolling the streets of Sudan's capital, Khartoum.
Internet services are also reported to be down in the city.
The Sudanese Professionals Association, a pro-democracy organisation, asked its supporters to hit the streets in protest.
On its statement on Facebook, it urged "the masses to go out on the streets and occupy them, close all roads with barricades, stage a general labour strike, and not to cooperate with the putschists and use civil disobedience to confront them."
Last month, a failed military coup d'état attempt against the Sovereignty Council of Sudan, which is the collective head of state of the country, revived tensions between military leaders and the civilian leaders that had agreed to power sharing arrangements after the removal of dictator Omar al-Bashir in 2019.
(With inputs from Reuters and Associated Press)
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