Hyderabad: Police registered a case after a group of people allegedly attacked the Ashurkhana Shehzada Qasim in Hyderabad’s Mangalhath on Wednesday, January 14, night, with special teams being deployed on the ground to identify the miscreants.
In a video circulated on social media, a mob can be seen pelting stones at the ashurkhana and setting two vehicles parked outside on fire. Police are yet to identify the accused.
Revenge for temple vandalism
A communal clash jolted the city’s Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb on Wednesday night, January 14, after a tattered flexi board and a damaged deity idol were allegedly found inside the Mysamma Temple in the Puranapul Darwaza area.
The incident enraged many, and Hindutva group members turned up in the dozens. Videos of an angry mob stomping and wrecking the graves with sticks, chanting “Jai Shri Ram” slogans, as well as damaging a religious flag, in the presence of police personnel, emerged on social media.
After being alerted, the Kamatipura Police reached the spot and tried to diffuse the situation. But things only escalated from there, as the mob swelled to nearly 300 people. They hurled stones at the officers and set vehicles on fire. A civilian motorcycle was set ablaze, and the windshield of an incoming truck was broken, bringing the traffic to an abrupt halt at the busy intersection on the banks of the Musi river.
At least four police officers and a resident were reportedly injured in the stone pelting. Police responded with a lathi charge to disperse the crowd.
