Fear Of Trouble After Friday Prayers In Hyderabad

Security forces deployed to ensure peace prevails

Suspended BJP MLA T Raja Singh’s arrested by the Hyderabad police under the Preventive Detention Act has led to the closure of shops in several areas that fall under the Goshamahal constituency in Telangana.

Some have expressed support for the jailed MLA and protested, while others protested out of fear of violence and disturbances in the state. The police have advised shops to shut down by 8 pm for two days as a precautionary measure.

The Hyderabad police commissioner told NDTV there was no selective use of the law which is why they were filing cases against and arrested protestors who raised provocative statements against T Raja Singh.

Syed Abdahu Kashaf, who calls himself a social media influencer and was seen in videos raising the 'sar tan se juda' (behead) slogans, was arrested and later let off on bail.

Today’s focus is on Friday prayers when there is an apprehension of trouble. There will be a big deployment of security forces to ensure peace prevails.

AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi has appealed to people not to indulge in any activity that would disrupt peace and harmony. He said that disturbances would be seen as a victory by the BJP.

Before being arrested, T Raja Singh’s video of blaming Telangana minister KT Rama Rao for raising questions against the allowance given to the Munawar Faruqui's show in Hyderabad got viral, he said, he had led to a communally vitiated atmosphere in the city.

Mr. Singh said both the TRS and the BJP hoped to benefit politically by creating these disturbances.