Hyderabad, October 02: A day after Babri Masjid title case verdict was pronounced tight security measures had been witnessed in the city on the event of Friday prayers.
Muslim offered prayers amidst tight security and barriers put up by the police as precautionary measures. In view of Friday, police maintained strict vigilance across the city. Important routes of the city were barricaded. Section 144 had been strictly implemented.
Where shops were closed by announcing through vehicles, they were opened after Friday prayers. A large number of people offered prayers in the historical Makkah Masjid. However people felt restless before prayers. Besides metal detectors people were also checked by extra force.
Just before the Friday prayers the situation became tense when a
youth fell down from steps and went unconscious due to illness. It has
been told that the youth experiences fits, as a result of that he fell
down from the steps. Top officials of the police took him to the hospital
immediately. The situation came to normalcy after Friday prayers.