At least 10 people were arrested and a police vehicle damaged after protesters in Old City clashed with police after Friday prayers at the historic Mecca masjid near Charminar.
Trouble broke out near Gol Masjid after 50 people hurled stones at parked police vehicles, protesting against what they said was unnecessary barricades, restricting movement.
A vehicle belonging to additional inspector Narayana of Falaknuma police station was targeted, while a few other vehicles and shops were damaged during stone pelting. “We were asking these youngsters to go slow. But suddenly they started running in different directions and pelting stones. But within a few minutes the situation was brought to control,” Mogalpura inspector P Vijay Kumar said.
For Old City folk, living in fear amidst tight security in the past few weeks has become a routine affair. With many residents saying that police has created undue panic due to their presence every Friday. The police on the other hand maintain that the heavy security is only in the interest of maintaining peace and to curb violence. Many attributed the sloganeering on Friday after prayers to the multi-level barricading by security forces.
Further, namazis jeered at the police even as they clapped their hands protesting against the barricading and not allowing them to move northward of the historic Mecca Masjid.
Barricades along with barbed wire which were set up at Gulzar Houz and Machli Kaman and along roads leading to Laad Bazaar, Sardar Mahal and Mughalpura.
—Courtesy:TOI
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