Hyderabad: A clash erupted between Congress leader Feroz Khan and Nampally MLA Majid Hussain, and their supporters, leading to chaos in Humayunnagar on Monday afternoon, October 7.
Several individuals from both parties were injured.
The incident occurred when the Congress leader and his party workers were visiting the Bank Colony when MLA Mohd Majid Hussain and his party workers reached the spot.
The MLA objected to the presence of Feroz Khan and alleged that the Congress workers were threatening the people and collecting the details of houses being constructed.
Tensions escalated as Congress leader Feroz Khan, Majid Hussain, and their supporters exchanged blows, resulting in injuries to workers from both parties.
The policemen present at the scene attempted to disperse the crowd. They struggled to control the situation. Additional officers were dispatched from a nearby police station to help manage the unrest.
The representatives from both parties reached the police station to file complaints regarding the incident.
Feroz Khan has been a strong contender for the Nampally seat, however, he lost to AIMIM’s Meraj by 15000 in the last election. Since 2009, Khan has lost the seat four times.
AIMIM’s Majid Hussain, a Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA), corporator of the GHMC from Mehdipatnam, was formerly a mayor of the erstwhile state of Andhra Pradesh in 2012. He replaced incumbent Jaffar Hussain Meraj, who defeated Feroz Khan in 2018 and was moved to Yakutpura in place of Pasha Qadri.
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