It was a curfew-like situation for the third consecutive day near Charminar on Tuesday. Though no violence was reported on Tuesday, but in the Yesterday evening many devotees assembled at the temple after 6pm, police not permitted to offer pooja. Devotees started shouting “Jai Shree Ram”. Police resorted to lathi charge and dispersed the mob which had assembled near Gulzar Houz within a minutes, police took extra precautions to prevent any possible trouble in Old City.
Since morning, police prevented vehicular traffic towards Charminar from Gulzar Houz, Kotla Alijah, Hussainialam, Shah Ali Banda, Moghulpura and Mir Chowk. Initially, police had allowed a devotees who wanted to offer prayers at the temple.
Police decided to adopt a wait-and-watch policy on whether to allow devotees to perform puja at the temple on Tuesday on the occasion of Diwali.
–Siasat.com